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[//TODO: the bit about "the platform is the algorithm" kind of shows up unexpectedly at the end. Go backward and point it out, more and more.]
# platform as place # platform as place
[discord message - simulate, from Bat] Why do you hate people on tiktok so much? Is it just portrait-orientation? [discord message - simulate, from Bat] Why do you hate people on tiktok so much? Is it just portrait-orientation?
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[note] Somehow I doubt they've brought back the eponymous Links, rofl [note] Somehow I doubt they've brought back the eponymous Links, rofl
I won't bore you with mine, but I'll say that even now "NWS" feels right and "NSFW" feels weird. I won't bore you with mine, but I'll say that even now "NWS" feels right and "NSFW" feels weird.
"So what?" you may say. "Cultures emerge, something something diversity etc". "So what?" you may say. "Cultures emerge, something something diversity etc".
Microcosms of culture are all well and good. But that's not what's happening on modern social media. Every interaction with other people is mediated through an algorithm that sorts you into a group of like-minded people, and shields you from dissent. An account on a website is not membership in a community, it's placement within a market segment. Microcosms of culture are all well and good. But that's not what's happening on modern social media. Every interaction with other people is mediated through an algorithm (often labeled "AI" for marketing reasons) that sorts you into a group of like-minded people, and shields you from dissent. An account on a website is not membership in a community, it's placement within a market segment.
### slang is [vertically challenged] for [abbreviated] language ### slang is [vertically challenged] for [abbreviated] language
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### hypothetical - atomic wallet ### hypothetical - atomic wallet
I know lots of people just add "reddit" to every google search they run to hopefully get actual people talking to each other - but I think people forget, I know lots of people just add "reddit" to every google search they run to hopefully get actual people talking to each other - but I think people forget,
[//TODO: i swear there's like, n-word audit or something?] [https://www.reddit.com/user/nwordcountbot/]
reddit has a proud history of fun and/or useful bots. reddit has a proud history of fun and/or useful bots.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/atomicwallet/comments/apeyp8/is_atomic_wallet_fully_open_source/] [https://www.reddit.com/r/atomicwallet/comments/apeyp8/is_atomic_wallet_fully_open_source/]
The value of getting conversation from reddit is that when someone says something stupid, someone else can tell them they're stupid. The value of getting conversation from reddit is that when someone says something stupid, someone else can tell them they're stupid.