Just found this article that for some reason has me dying of laughter: ICBM address
That’s hilarious
Does it fight algorithm addiction or does it just utilise existing algorithm addiction to give you something slightly more informative?
Would be cool if the official Wikipedia mobile app integrated this functionality! It does have a ‘random articles’ card, but it’s nothing like this.
Not sure ‘addiction’ is being defeated here, though 😆 Like if I’m addicted to sausages, giving me bacon instead isn’t really solving the root of the issue. The issue being those sexy, sexy pigs.
I see the dev don’t want recommendation algorithm. All good to avoid the recommendation bubble, but a category/tags might be nice instead of random everything.
As someone who loved the random article feature and will sometimes peruse Wikipedia at random, this is extremely fascinating to me.
This is awesome. :3
This should be gamified. Use an LLM to generate a mini-quiz on the topic to make sure I read it. Give me points for acquiring new useless knowledge, and let me compete with my friends and family.
I too find this such a nice refreshing take on wikipedia. It’s only been a few days, hope the developer improves it further. I realize some kind of recommendation algorithm opens a pandora’s box, but one can dream
One big thing i hope they add is sorting by topic, so i can have a biology feed, a physics feed…
I’ve downloaded the app and left a five star rating. The app works great! Please show support to this developer ❤️
I just installed it and was immediately annoyed by the auto-scrolling feature being turned on by default. Is that really how TikTok works? How does anyone put up with this shit?
Not sure but i support them for trying. Maybe leave a review and ask the dev to change it.
What app? Isnt just browser bsed?
It’s app based. I found it on Google Play.
I recall people in the past spending their day reading random Wikipedia trivia. Overal the knowledge is rather useless.
Useless? Knowledge for its own sake is worth pursuing.
Is it though?
Depends on what you’re into, what you do, etc… Could be the difference between winning Final Jeopardy and not. Or being able to identify Alessandro Gazzi by name in a police lineup, for example.
I mean you can just swipe if it’s not your jam. I think this is a great idea.
Still better than endless tiktiok scroll, me thinks
Due to shitty company pokicies where I worked, I once had a 6 month stint of reading Wikipedia 4-6 hours a day out of boredom and fuck yeah did I learn a lot of bew things. Sure, not everything sticks, but it’s enough
As opposed to spending the day reading social media where the knowledge is useful?
Because Tiktok is so much better.
Just got the app it’s absolutely fantastic.
I’m imagining one of those that feeds you random tvtropes instead
Having a real grand time adding a song from any musician I hit to a play list. I fucking love Awaz now.
…so… content filters when? Let me limit it to certain subjects and I don’t need social media anymore 😂
Sadly the design is pretty bad on desktop monitors.
