wussboy

Where there any other metrics that improved besides engagement? Or is that your only metric? If it is your only metric what does it really prove?

Unfortunately, the benefit of democracy isn’t that the people choose well. It’s that they can choose at all.

So, SPAs are the communism of the web app world?

And this area of human interest has been (and is) prone to abuse from unscrupulous individuals/organizations. Rigorous regulation prevents much of that as well.

It makes one wonder whether "what I want" is really the best thing to optimize for.

Say it. Say "chowda"

My dad built a house in the late 80s with all triple-paned glass...although there were essentially three separate windows, packaged as one.

Do you think that only the police enforce rules? No. We are part of a society, and long before there were police, society found ways to moderate behaviour.

Why let the perfect be the enemy of the good? The benefits are obvious and measurable. Keep pushing for an audit now.

I don’t think it’s unfair. Both of the issues you mentioned (campers and dancers) are less likely to happen as ridership increases.

Sideberry is the number one reason I stay on Firefox.

This kind of thinking appears to be prevalent. "Firefox does one specific thing which I construe as evil. Therefore I use the competitor which also does this thing, plus dozens of others which are anti-competitive and generally destructive to the ecosystem."

"The coleslaw in the Jedi salad bar has raisins. Therefore I joined the Sith. Their coleslaw also has raisins."

I don't block ads on YouTube because I can't afford Premium.

I think it’s more likely they’re saying it benefits everybody

I prefer r’d.

I think you’re doing it wrong

Should our inability to unanimously agree on something prevent us from doing anything? No. Let’s start somewhere. We can adjust if we need.

Or you could provide meaningful alternatives to driving, which is my preferred solution but has a whole different set of problems (mostly zoning-related).

Could it do exactly the same with a web page? Would this replace something like beautiful soup?

If you have multiple windows open and close them in the wrong order, you lose everything but the last one. Learned that the hard way and now never have more than one open.

I'm sure all of the people who depended on those payments and whose lives are now ruined will appreciate that subtle difference.

Civil society is a precious gift, one that is hard to build and easy to destroy.

I'm not worried about the government doing these things, I'm worried about corporations colluding to do these things.

But what does it do?

I suspect they had a very different relationship with things we would find annoying.

I agree but I think we shouldn’t limit this answer to pub trivia. What other aspect of human society and civil discourse did we lose because we never argue or discuss any more?

Many people do not have the technical expertise to set up an RSS feed and so fell into the algo by default.

Why even make this comment?

I disagree. I think those things you mentioned as being in the long tail are just things that you like and that you think have value. But there's no reason in theory that the same radicalization process can't be happening with those areas as well.

And if it was happening, what would it look like?

I have a theory, but I don't want to give the game away yet.

How…how many videos are you watching at one time?