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Re:Medium.com Competitor by qualudeheart on Sunday November 27, 2022 @10:16PM (#33769448)
Recommendation AI seems like a real factor. Tiktok has the best recommendation algo in the industry- I use tiktok a lot- and the closer you approach it the better.

Please don’t make the UI full of obnoxious dark patterns. That’s killed Medium for me.

I have a lot more to say on this list of issues, but those are the most important to me. Also, if you’re reading this, please comment. I’m always excited to give feedback.

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Re:Medium.com Competitor by sebastianprada on Sunday November 27, 2022 @10:37PM (#33769564)
Can you further explain what you mean by dark patterns? And yes, TikTok is excellent at giving you the content you want to see, which is why I think having an algorithm that is somewhat remotely close to TikTok's algo will make a greater experience for those that prefer to read long-form text content.

What other issues do you have?

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Re:Medium.com Competitor by qualudeheart on Friday December 02, 2022 @04:11AM (#33828382)
The nagging attempts to get you to log in or install an app are seriously annoying.
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Re:Medium.com Competitor by selfhoster11 on Sunday November 27, 2022 @11:40PM (#33769881)
Maybe the problem is that we need less algorithmic curation these days, and not more.
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