The Atlantic: Nobody Knows What’s Happening Online Anymore. Why you’ve probably never heard of the most popular Netflix show in the world.::undefined

  • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    Not true. I don’t watch it.

    And even if I did, it doesn’t mean that I liked it. None of these tech companies’ algorithms seem to account for that little fact, even when I directly express otherwise.

    • foxbat@lemmings.worldEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      they are not optimizing for your enjoyment, they’'re optimizing for your engagement. they don’t give a fuck if you hate what you’re watching as long as you watch it for longer.

      • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
        41·
        11 months ago

        they are not optimizing for your enjoyment, they’'re optimizing for your engagement.

        Yes that’s my point.

        they don’t give a fuck if you hate what you’re watching as long as you watch it for longer.

        Don’t know about you but I don’t spend my free time torturing myself.

    • Syntha@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      13·
      11 months ago

      Well I practically never see these kinds of thumbnails, it’s absolutely influenced by your behaviour whatever it may be.