It was one time OK!
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Lady Butterfly she/her
MemesLong ago, I remember being so impressed by Netflix's algorithm. It used to know me so well, I was astounded. Recommendations were spot-on for my tastes, and I could trust it would pick things I'd actually enjoy.
But then something changed. I don't really know what, though I think it's fair to assume "corporate meddling" was the root reason, no matter what the exact change was. It all fell apart. Recommendations stopped making sense. It felt like someone smart was losing their mind and there was nothing I could do about it.
I've long since stopped using Netflix (or any other streaming service.🏴☠️) It's almost hard to believe how good it used to be. Just as Google used to actually be a useful search engine, it's so clear that these companies reached a peak, then started going downhill.
Basically the reason I dont use algorithm based sites, I dont know why but it annoys me. It's the main reason I stopped using Instagram years ago when they stopped using chronological order. It basically killed engagement with people I knew and killed the reason I used it
Facebook has been notorious for making changes that the users didn't ask for. Once upon a time, posts from friends used to dominate our feeds. Then, one day, it changed to prioritize group posts. I remember ranting about it, pointing out that the only reason I used Facebook was to keep in touch with friends, so I want to see posts from friends. Otherwise, what's the point?
Anyway, long story short, I haven't used Facebook in years.
I love it when I watch one video debunking some conspiracy theory only to get flooded by conspiracy theory crazies' videos (though I guess it makes blocking them convenient).
I only recently realized that ad-block doesn't work in private tabs. I wanted to watch a video somebody linked here on Lemmy, but not have it impact what YouTube tries to show me, so I opened in a private tab. Two unskippable ads right at the start. Yeah, no, sorry, guess I'm just plain not watching that video then.
You haven't granted permission to allow your adblock extension in private windows. Here's a guide for Firefox.
This happened to me IRL. As a kid one of my relatives heard I liked frogs. Every birthday, Christmas, etc., frogs. For years.
Your family thought you were the doorman from The Good Place.
Speaking of frogs
It is Wednesday my dudes 🐸
AaaaaAaaaAAAAAA!
I DO want more frogtent. I love the little guys so much and need as many videos of them as I get kitties
My two froggies, Waldo and Houdini.
African Dwarfs! Man, I lost my best two froggies years ago, but my last 2 pairs just failed to thrive. I want to re-do my tank (again), but I just haven't had the time
Lemme guess, they're really good at hiding?
They're cute lil guys, thank you for sharing!
I DO want more frogtent
Here's what I could find for you with a quickish scroll through my recents
The second one is not even remotely frog-related though?
It's related to what frogs eat! 😛
This happens when someone else gives me a link to content outside the feed. Suddenly experimental ska is all over my algo-feed.
I’d be okay with that honestly, better than ads ¯\(ツ)/¯
plz giv mor frog thx
But have you considered…
English Tortoise.
German Schildkröte, literally "Shield Toad".
Checks out as moar frog.
More precisely a Landschildkröte, if it lives on land and a Wasserschildkröte" if it lives in water.
Hi baby 💖
What ya doing later?
A toad with a shield!
Yisssss
Really any and all animals, but ectotherms deserve more representation 💚
A "sneeze attack" 😏
Two things.
First: frogs are cool. I want more of them.
Second: I'll have you all notice that, while wenesday comes once every week, there isn't to my knowledge a single frog-dedicated community in the whole threadiverse.
I've tried to make one once but after only two posts and a few hours it show signs of becoming popular and I chicken of it in the fear of having to moderate.
Where frog
"Do you like that on your face?"
Last night I watched a Method Man interview and suddenly got recommended a ton more and was worried this is how I find out he’d died.
Yeah, I would actually
oh fuck yeah gimme the frogs
More frogs good
ferg vs froge
Oh yeah, the algorithm knows what's best for me.
Pretty much how me and @CafeFrog@lemmy.cafe became friends <3
