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   Jesse (misc@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 00:04:54 JST Jesse

   Noting that algorithms are not synonymous with surveillance capitalism, that a chronological timeline is, in fact, a kind of algorithm, is one of those things that can be extremely helpful or extremely unhelpful depending on how obnoxious you are about it.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 00:09:45 JST Paul Cantrell

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     Yeah. As a programmer, I am distressed bordering on apoplectic about “algorithm” acquiring this narrow and politically charged meaning in public discourse. This terminology makes so many things (both good and bad) so hard to talk about. But what useful correction can I offer?! I try to use better terminology (recommender system, user profiling, etc), but that’s just spitting into the wind….

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 00:35:59 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Shauna GM

     @shauna @misc
     😭

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     Shauna GM (shauna@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 00:36:01 JST Shauna GM

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @inthehands @misc Honestly probably easier to create a new word for algorithm in the technical sense

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     maegul (maegul@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 00:59:26 JST maegul

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @inthehands @misc

     Honestly, the tech industry deserves this stress. The world didn't need engagement farming, but tech people gave it to us. Sure maybe "not all tech people", but we know how far that logic takes you.

     The world grabbed "algorithm" to name what the tech world was doing to us because there sure as hell wasn't any clarity coming from the makers.