Amon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDeveloper creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addictionarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up11.17Karrow-down114
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minus-squarelambalicious@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up103arrow-down7·2 months ago endless feed to fight algorithm addiction endless feed to fight algorithm addiction Uuuuuh that’s not the way to fight an addiction, right? Who is this person working for, exactly?
minus-squareBob Robertson IX@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up122·2 months agoThink of it as a methadone clinic for doomscrollers.
minus-squarelambalicious@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoWe’re here to help! We just need someone to implement doomscroll / infiniscroll into Lemmy, lol.
minus-squarer4venw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoHonestly the fact that Lemmy doesn’t have infinite scroll (on my UI, at least) has helped me a lot in terms of not wasting hours at a time on my phone
minus-squarefuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’ve got news for you: basically every app I’ve used so far for lemmy has infinite scroll. Currently Thunder previously Sync.
minus-squareasteriskeverything@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoIf methadone was also educational 🌈⭐
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down8·2 months agoMore like a brothel for sex addicts.
minus-squareGaMEChld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down2·2 months agoJesus. Enough hyperbolic nonsense. Browsing Wikipedia is way healthier than doom scrolling.
minus-squareJolteon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoAnd doomscrolling Wikipedia is still healthier than doomscrolling anything else.
minus-squarefox2263@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoI don’t think there’s an algorithm involved actually. Just lovely facts.
minus-squareRooty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoThink of it as taking methadone instead of heroin.
minus-squareHiggs boson@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoIronically, my overly chatty doctor was ranting about how methadone is a racket and they string people along for years instead of titrating them off. He prescribes Suboxone, apparently.
Uuuuuh that’s not the way to fight an addiction, right? Who is this person working for, exactly?
Think of it as a methadone clinic for doomscrollers.
I may have a problem
We’re here to help! We just need someone to implement doomscroll / infiniscroll into Lemmy, lol.
Honestly the fact that Lemmy doesn’t have infinite scroll (on my UI, at least) has helped me a lot in terms of not wasting hours at a time on my phone
I’ve got news for you: basically every app I’ve used so far for lemmy has infinite scroll. Currently Thunder previously Sync.
Oh dear!
If methadone was also educational 🌈⭐
More like a brothel for sex addicts.
Jesus. Enough hyperbolic nonsense. Browsing Wikipedia is way healthier than doom scrolling.
And doomscrolling Wikipedia is still healthier than doomscrolling anything else.
I don’t think there’s an algorithm involved actually. Just lovely facts.
Think of it as taking methadone instead of heroin.
Ironically, my overly chatty doctor was ranting about how methadone is a racket and they string people along for years instead of titrating them off. He prescribes Suboxone, apparently.