Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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Lemmy is more left leaning because the rights popularity seen on other social media are driven by bots that are not here. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're attributing combative interaction to an algorithm on a site that has no algorithm. Congratulations you just proved the algorithm isnt needed to cause interaction. People do this with no computer forcing them to, but tons of people here are convinced that every other site is filled with bots manipulating content for people when the people are asking for the content, sometimes very directly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I’m attributing combative interactions to “keeping your attention”

The ai just exploits this.

So while it’s not NEEDED, it does happen and it works.

Maybe your point is better worded as “the AI doesn’t overrule your own ability to choose”

Which while true, doesn’t change my point. Combative interactions happen without ai, the ai just learns and promotes them.