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Re:Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results by da_chicken on Friday February 16, 2018 @02:57PM (#16395521)
Yeah, the biggest problem with these types of algorithms is that they show that the application developers don't trust the user to know what they want and trust the user to fix their own problems.

It's one thing for an application to provide sensible defaults. It's another thing entirely if it just second guesses the user.

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Re:Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results by mygo on Saturday February 17, 2018 @09:52AM (#16400897)
The sad thing is the algorithm fixed zero problems for me. And it introduced the problem of hiding things that I did in fact want to see.. for no good reason other than apparently for their engineers to feel like they did something. Because how can they justify their paychecks when the newsfeed sorting order hasn’t changed since its prime of ~2009?
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Re:Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results by jpindar on Saturday February 17, 2018 @01:56PM (#16402083)
I often see a great deal of contempt for users here on HN, why should Facebook etc. be any different?
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