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manipulated by whom? if it can be manipulated so that you get to see the content you like, I say thats fine.

if you mean manipulated by 3rd parties to sell ads, then that's bad.

this isn't a black and white thing. it can exist without being data to sell for ads. what matters is if the one hosting the videos is willing to sell that data.

if its kept to just your own personal usage data to make your experience a better one, that's not a terrible thing.

tags are one way for sure. but then its difficult to find new stuff that might fit your interests that you don't have tags for.

what does control over what they want to watch look like without an algorithm?

an algorithm doesn't have to be a negative thing.

agreed. there is a way to keep that algorithm private. on a person to person case.

that information would just have to not be sold. thats the difference.

an algorithm wouldn't be inherently evil. the data collected is what's potentially dangerous. but if its kept to just your personal account, it could be quite safe

and make the app less of a chore to use.

i mean... a lot of the content on the fediverse is literally just lifted straight from the other "junk food" social media websites that were just named.

its just a federated experience. not a "healthy" one. I'm all for moving more people over to the fediverse but let's maybe take it down a couple notches with the weird propaganda-esque ads?

it quite annoys me as well. "No annoying algorithms!"

...great. so it will never learn what content I actually like to see and will feed me random crap I don't want to see.

i get like the same 5 videos of someone walking around outside and a couple of ads for stuff I'm not even remotely interested in.

oh my word. i love you. thank you so very very much 🙏

edit: duuuuude! everything runs perfectly! double thank you! this is great.

i meant the all-in-one nature of it. ive used retroarch but honestly that ui is an exercise in patience.

i was wondering if there was an android version of that software, but I did some searching and came up short.

beautiful eyes! what a lovely cat.

yo that emulator. does anyone know if there's an emulator like that for android?

never even heard of this, tbh.

healthy? what do you mean by healthy. healthy for whom? the life of the app itself? because it won't survive without dedicated users.

if there is no algorithm to keep track of what users want to see vs don't want to see, they'll stop using the app in favor of apps that cater to their interests.

watching a random video of something I'm not interested in isn't particularly all that fun.

if an app learns I like anime and video games or specific types of content, then I'm more likely to use the app.

the issue with loops is there's no algorithm. so I get 10 random videos that don't interest me and just one that does, almost.

that's not going to work long term for engagement. i already get bored on loops after like a minute.

I'm SO EXCITED LETS GOOO

Golly I loved these things when I was a kid. I still do.

the same level of toxicity that I left reddit for seems to be permeating Lemmy, now.

America is a lot of people from different places settling in one continent. lots of people care about what their family history is. I'm not sure what's weird about that.

there's a lot of people with bloodlines from different parts of the world in every country. it means something to some people. not everyone, but quite a few.

that particular phenomenon is everywhere.

One guy writes an article. literally just one dude.

the comments: "AMERICANS ARE WEIRD AF. ALL AMERICANS DO THIS AND FEEL THIS WAY."

its true. the biggest terraria fans are the devs.

i love how terraria is the 7th best selling game ever and they are just chill with everyone.

i adore the dedication to fun. they just keep rollin.

ahhh I'm on mobile so I think its not going to be very doable.

thanks for letting me know.