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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by mancerayder on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:45PM (#25665483)
Why can't there be a Giant Lever on the side that inputs a variable into the Magic Algorithms that you can adjust. Up down, left or right, whatever you want to call it. Why would you do this - even if people never touch it: because at least people KNOW there's a decision-tree at play here.

Also there MUST be some randomization or more generalized content introduced. And I'm not talking Trending Now or Hit Songs That Just Came Out. I'm looking at you, YouTube and Facebook. Sometimes I actually want new stuff and it keeps dragging me back into a virtual rabbit hole.

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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by TeMPOraL on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @08:02PM (#25665752)
Because:

- There's no simple decision tree, but an ML model with countless knobs that are mostly implicit. Not worth the money to make an UI to tweak it.

- The puprose of these platforms is to maximize your exposure to ads. Nothing more. Anything that detracts from it is a no-go.

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