I mentioned a meme I saw to a friend of mine and it turns out he doesn’t have social media at all. He just said “The mediocrity of it…” and we went back to talking about other stuff again.
I was trying to find background music the other day while I did chores. Unless you know a specifc channel, there’s a good chance your search takes you to Aimusic instead of music.
I’ve been known for having strong opinions from time to time
Why ignore the algorithm? Some of my favorite creators I found through the algorithm (suggested videos, homepage, etc). I just ignore the ones you don’t like, you’ll see less and less of them.
Example: A few weeks ago it tried to show me videos of Charlie Kirk, I marked them as boring and after 3 attempts it got the message and I haven’t seen one since.
You’re right about this, but getting it right can take some work. YouTube makes recommendations based on your watch history and input, so you have to go in and remove videos from your history you don’t want to influence what you see. But a big problem IMO is that the algorithm recommends things only based on what you’ve watched recently, and not based on your subscriptions
It leaned further into it back during the google+ days. There were feeds that showed your friends activity, comments, reply videos, etc. It’s interesting that they went in other directions.
Your friend sounds like an snobbish ass. Just because something is offline doesn’t mean it’s not mediocre. There are many, many valid criticisms of social media. But when your friend mentions something they enjoy you don’t seem very nice when you tell them that what they enjoy sucks. Don’t yuck someone else’s yum.
This kind of inability to accept others’ point of view is why I don’t connect with people much anymore.
When I was younger I had lots of friends who had differing opinions and we had the openness to say “that’s fucking stupid” with each other, explain why and still remain friends.
These days you can slip up just once with a minor non-conforming opinion and people suddenly become unhinged. And I simply can’t take only talking about surface level topics to avoid conflict anymore.
We’re friends, though. We’re honest with each other. I want to know his perspective even when we diverge.
So if I love pizza and he hates it, I don’t want my friend to tell me with a coat-hanger smile that he likes pizza too. I want to know how much he hates it with all the adjectives he can muster.
I mentioned a meme I saw to a friend of mine and it turns out he doesn’t have social media at all. He just said “The mediocrity of it…” and we went back to talking about other stuff again.
He had a point.
Lemmy is the only social media I have, it’s a peaceful life.
YouTube is my other social media and it’s getting stale quickly
I turned YouTube history off and just watch videos through “my subscriptions”
For me it’s a game changer
YouTube is still amazing, you just have to ignore the algorithm, which is easy enough through subscriptions
I was trying to find background music the other day while I did chores. Unless you know a specifc channel, there’s a good chance your search takes you to Aimusic instead of music.
I’ve been known for having strong opinions from time to time
Why ignore the algorithm? Some of my favorite creators I found through the algorithm (suggested videos, homepage, etc). I just ignore the ones you don’t like, you’ll see less and less of them.
Example: A few weeks ago it tried to show me videos of Charlie Kirk, I marked them as boring and after 3 attempts it got the message and I haven’t seen one since.
You’re right about this, but getting it right can take some work. YouTube makes recommendations based on your watch history and input, so you have to go in and remove videos from your history you don’t want to influence what you see. But a big problem IMO is that the algorithm recommends things only based on what you’ve watched recently, and not based on your subscriptions
I have never really thought of YouTube as social media, but you have a point.
It leaned further into it back during the google+ days. There were feeds that showed your friends activity, comments, reply videos, etc. It’s interesting that they went in other directions.
Yes, but it’s very white and Anglo so it doesn’t feel like a “worldwide” web.
I just use Lemmy, fuck the technocrats
Where mediocrity is an aspirational goal
Your friend sounds like an snobbish ass. Just because something is offline doesn’t mean it’s not mediocre. There are many, many valid criticisms of social media. But when your friend mentions something they enjoy you don’t seem very nice when you tell them that what they enjoy sucks. Don’t yuck someone else’s yum.
I don’t think that was at all the point the friend was making
This kind of inability to accept others’ point of view is why I don’t connect with people much anymore.
When I was younger I had lots of friends who had differing opinions and we had the openness to say “that’s fucking stupid” with each other, explain why and still remain friends.
These days you can slip up just once with a minor non-conforming opinion and people suddenly become unhinged. And I simply can’t take only talking about surface level topics to avoid conflict anymore.
We’re friends, though. We’re honest with each other. I want to know his perspective even when we diverge.
So if I love pizza and he hates it, I don’t want my friend to tell me with a coat-hanger smile that he likes pizza too. I want to know how much he hates it with all the adjectives he can muster.