This should be gamified. Use an LLM to generate a mini-quiz on the topic to make sure I read it. Give me points for acquiring new useless knowledge, and let me compete with my friends and family.
this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2025
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I like this idea.
I don’t know if I will do anything with it, but I would like to create something like this. Find it hard to develop when I’m not in work, as it feels like work.
Do it!
Does it fight algorithm addiction or does it just utilise existing algorithm addiction to give you something slightly more informative?
Apparently it doesn't use a personalised algorithm. So I'd say the first one.
I would disagree on the "slightly more informative" part. I have used it and in my opinion, it's "highly informative and educational".
It's like what vaping is to nicotine addiction.
Better than the alternative, buttt
Butt nicotine? What kind of weird stuff you into?
I think it's more "Butt as an alternative to algorithms" which I fully agree with. Butts are better than algorithms
Depends on the butt, I've seen some nice algorithms.
Blowimg smoke up people's asses, duh! /s
"Some people just wanna watch the world learn."
WikiTok
Not sure if there's an app yet, I found one on the Android store by Arakassia...
Most "apps" are just http web hooks to a regular website backend with extra tracking telemetry. So a website working as a PWA should be enough for everyone.
I hate how everything has to be a fucking app, because it doesn't need to be.
If phone OSes made it so there's less friction to save a web page as an icon on your desktop it would help to resolve that issue I think.
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On android:
- Open link in Firefox.
- Tap the three dots.
- Tap "add to start screen"
There's your app!
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endless feed
to fight algorithm addiction
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to fight algorithm addiction
Uuuuuh that's not the way to fight an addiction, right? Who is this person working for, exactly?
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I want this, but with high quality news sources. And then sort such that topics are distributed.
That's actually really cool. I like that the dev has expressed that he doesn't want to make the algorithm addictive and just keep it random 😅
Would be cool if the official Wikipedia mobile app integrated this functionality! It does have a 'random articles' card, but it's nothing like this.
Not sure 'addiction' is being defeated here, though 😆 Like if I'm addicted to sausages, giving me bacon instead isn't really solving the root of the issue. The issue being those sexy, sexy pigs.
The addiction isn't being defeated, it's just being redirected from something worthless to something useful. Well, at least less useless.
This is pretty awesome. I do see the need to be able to add categories of interest. Like follow history, the arts, etc. Cool regardless.
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I too find this such a nice refreshing take on wikipedia. It’s only been a few days, hope the developer improves it further. I realize some kind of recommendation algorithm opens a pandora’s box, but one can dream
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Saw this posted in a ADHD com a few days back. Every comment was just like "oh no...". I opened it and like 20 minutes later realized, oh no. I can and have spent many entire days just reading Wikipedia and following linked subjects. So much so I run out in areas. I can't handle a lot of visual and audio stimulation, short form content is such a nightmare for me, can't watch it. But give me pages of the most dense info and I'm hooked. I just need the option to download every paper referenced from every Wikipedia page I visit.
Just found this article that for some reason has me dying of laughter: ICBM address
I love this. ICBM address is a very clever joke.
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Everyday I read wikipedia and everyday, I learn something new. Fucking love this free resource
I see the dev don't want recommendation algorithm. All good to avoid the recommendation bubble, but a category/tags might be nice instead of random everything.
Web 1.0 cures web 2.0 again.
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