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Re:Taste is increasingly dictated by algorithms by bazzlexposition on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @12:52PM (#16860051)
Great point, they didn't have algorithms deciding our music in the 1990s, instead you had Clear Channel. Radio in the 1990s was the same 40-60 songs played over and over. Then for TV you basically had the 4 major networks,FOX Friday Night, Must See TV, TGIF, and all the rest.

People don't remember how much that sucked.

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Re:Taste is increasingly dictated by algorithms by dragonwriter on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @01:01PM (#16860144)
Actually, in the 1990s was the peak of major commercial broadcast networks with 6, not 4 (the old big 3, plus Fox, plus UPN And The WB.)
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Re:Taste is increasingly dictated by algorithms by bazzlexposition on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @01:30PM (#16860421)
Ah yes, the Wayans Brothers channel and the Star Trek Voyager channel
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