i hate modern social media

made a tiktok telling people about how cool this site is compared to places like tiktok (are any of yall here from that post? that would be so cool if yes hiiii) and a lot of the post was just me complaining about how terrible modern social media is.

i think its CRAAAAZYYYY dystopian that we're literally told what media to consume, who to talk to, who to be friends with, etc, by an ai like huhhhh??? not only is ai trash and wasteful but it's also super innaccurate bc it doesn't think!!! it just takes in analytics and maybe a couple of tags on a video and is like "yeah this guy looked at this video for 12 seconds surely they'll like this mildly related video" which just means that half of the stuff you get is just heaps on heaps of the same content.

for example, if i get into a new game i like and look it up on tiktok then suddenly my fyp is just that game. it's nice at first like yayyyy i love this game but after like a day or two ooooohhhhhhhmmmyyyygoooodddddddd i need a break. the algorithm milks your interests dry which just isn't healthy for fandom culture.

the ai that recommends stuff also creates a bit of an ultimatum for creators: you can either make what's trending (trends that have been created by the ai), or you can get absolutely zero views. yes i am salty that the video i made only got like 100 views while my low effort meme post got 15k. but anyway yeah i don't think it's healthy that a creator platform distinctiveness creativity like what???

algorithms can't model my emotions,

dex