Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text

Re:Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of... by cyral on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @04:51PM (#34602775)

I'm going to go against the grain here and say that this isn't a bad idea. Mobile Chrome has a similar feature that shows recommended articles on the new tab page, and it is surprisingly good at learning the topics you are into (from searches obviously). I often find new and interesting articles on there, similar to how TikTok manages to know what you like but also tries to give you new topics occasionally. This could introduce people to a lot of content that they otherwise wouldn't discover.

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Re:Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of... by ghostly_s on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @05:13PM (#34603033)

I think calling it "TikTok for text" is the bad idea. Sounds like it's focused on traditional long-form writing not short-form content. The only part of TikTok they're trying to emulate is a recommendation algorithm that doesn't suck (and which every social media site should be trying to do).

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Re:Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of... by leonidasv on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @05:27PM (#34603220)

I always get clickbait Medium articles and SEO garbage on my Mobile Chrome homepage. There's interesting content sometimes, sure, but the signal-to-noise ratio is very bad. I try to teach the algorithm by dismissing those low-quality posts, but they keep appearing.

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Re:Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of... by lostmsu on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @07:38AM (#34609638)

I am starting to think the amount of worthwhile content produced is just insufficient.

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Re:Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of... by spookybones on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @06:01PM (#34603611)

I like Chrome's recommended articles, which I've only recently started using. But, I already notice a significant filter bubble.

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Re:Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of... by maxamillion2020 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @06:44PM (#34604065)

It would be far better if instead of news it did short stories (like sci-fi, or fantasy or romance).

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Re:Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of... by gbersac on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @05:16AM (#34608619)

I agree and even registered for their waiting list.

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