#watched over by algorithms

[crunchworldsupreme]

There are Other Things on The Internet Than Reddit

Here's a Lego forum

Here's one for CDs

Here's one for Bionicle

Tech Support and Repair

The blog I used to set up a virtual machine

Anime Anime Manga

Like, anything technical

These are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head and is nowhere near an exhaustive list of just the forums that I have personally used to find valuable information. This isn't even including wikis, independent archives, blogs, magazines, etc etc etc.

Reddit actually isn't the only place on the internet to get information it was just the easiest :)))) The entire rest of the internet didn't die because you stopped using it. :)))

I've never found it anywhere near as helpful as any of these other sources, largely because of the low barrier for entry, lack of specialization, and dogshit culture. People who spend all their time on sites you've never heard of actually know more about the shit their website is dedicated to.

#I almost included a link to a google search for ''cool forums'' #idk how reddit users act so smarmy when the site apparently neutered their ability to like #find anything that isn't left directly in front of them #reddit blackout #reddit boycott #are these places as active as reddit? #no. but think about that for 2 seconds before using that as a reason to stay on reddit #I genuinely feel like I'm going crazy watching people get bent out of shape over one website not even going down. but just being worse #when there are alternatives #there always have been always will be #the internet wasn't built on algorithmic feeds #it was built on people who were willing to look for solutions

[tortellinigirl]

I feel like recently, ADHD has kind of become shorthand for “a person who is annoying online and has no real problems,” and I don’t really think that’s awesome news, given the context that ADHD has a long history of being disregarded as a made up disorder that’s just an excuse for poor/obnoxious behavior, no matter how much scientific research proves otherwise. ADHD is not by any means the only disorder that has people making a thousand misleading tiktoks about it, so perhaps do some critical thinking about why specifically ADHD has become the poster child for that behavior. There are certainly valid criticisms to be made of the way we discuss mental health online, but maybe use your brain and determine why this disorder in particular is the one that’s easiest to point at for being “annoying” and “not that big of a deal.”

#idk maybe if u actually watched a couple of the tiktoks u might learn that the lack of focus thing is reall not the main issue #its just what the people around us are most likely to notice and be bothered by #not saying it doesnt get obnoxious seeing people say the same thing over and over #and yes some people are like purposely vague and disingenuous about the symptoms to get views from people thinking they have it now #but i see that with everything. like autism PTSD depression OCD anxiety #im always getting tiktoks saying that im a lesbian or i have repressed memories or “x normal thing is a symptom of y disorder!!” #and yes its annoying but its probably somewhat helpful to people who actually are dealing w those things #and also like. if u simply stop treating ur for you page like a crystal ball that sees into your soul and reflects it back #and realize its just an algorithm designed to make u interact whether thats bc u like what u saw or fucking hated it #then u will not be as bothered ! #but yes our generation seems to have a habit of constantly trying to find the right box to out ourselves in so we can be like. “marketable” #like people seem to want to design their personality like an movie character or something #but its so shitty that we’re dog piling all that on ADHD as if our specific disorder has anything to do with it #also personally i think its kind of normal to be really focused on a particular aspect of your identity when u just discovered it #and it usually evens out and just becomes part of the background of your identity #but yes there’s often a problem with pathologizing normal things #but i think its important to recognize that lots of things that are normal occasionally are pathological in excess. like thats how it works #like we’ve all been through how being sad sometimes is not the same as depression #why cant we grasp that occasionally going into a room and forgetting why you’re there isnt the same as ADHD #my posts

[otomiyaa]

Me: Has not seen a single episode of Jujutsu Kaisen s2 so far.

Also me: Liking every single Nanami Kento related post on Tumblr.

#jjk #jjk spoilers #jujutsu kaisen #nanami kento #ofc tumblr algorithm isn't always stupid so they're like #oh you like nanami? sure get more nanami<3 #they spam him on my dash and I'm enjoying it #that said- I've seen all the spoilers and cried over them already #so I'll get ready to watch it all soon *sniff

[noritaro]

the amount of times i keep looking for niche shit by typing "[topic] reddit" so i can get it from actual humans during the reddit blackout protesting is endless

#rambles #my memory is actually so short term #anyways reddit is legit where i get most of my artist advice #not like the drawing shit #like the other stuff outside of it?? #commission and job stuff yknow idfk #YouTube is nice and all but watching a video is sometimes a pain #and i just wanna read something and get it over with #also their recommendations on media are fucking fire #its not some repulsive shit like tiktok #recommendations on twitter or tumblr is slow word of mouth #i have to hope to find something good via algorithm on Twitter or reblogs on tumblr #and that rarely fucking happens

[tarraxahum]

god one of the things I hate the most about today's Internet is the whole. Rage farming thing? Cult of Your Very Important Critical Opinion? Negativity bringing in clicks?

Whatever the fuck is responsible for the fact that I just can't watch a positive video about something I like without being IMMEDIATELY recommended five more of some heads talking about how the thing in question is bad actually

Like uuuugh okay obviously in some way it's just a consequence of being stuck in a proverbial room with all other kinds of people, but like you know what I mean. It's not some guy hating something so much he makes a dedicated page on his website or puts it in his LJ icon or a userbar, it's not a Facebook group of "[BAND NAME] SUCKS" that sometimes floods fans' comments to be annoying, no, it's a fucking content now

People churn out these critical think pieces on any given piece of media endlessly, because it brings them clicks, it brings reactions, it makes them motivated to put that opinion out there even if normally they wouldn't be arsed to care about the subject enough to have an opinion in the first place

Why are all of you fuckers (it's an abstract 'you') so determined to be fucking miserable!!!

#obviously excluding heavy reasons for criticizing something - like a rampant racism problem or some such - not talking about that #i know i know why am i even AT youtube if that makes me so sad #well the good stuff is on there too! #but like I'm watching a video of someone reacting positively to my favorite singer #and this bitch of an algorithm is tripping over itself to recommend me a 'why her vocals suck now actually' video next #biting biting biting biting #like shit haters always were a thing but USUALLY it's more common for people to put their time and energy into something they like #unless it's. content-making I guess.

[canyourlawnmowerdothis]

those videos like "lunch of normal office worker/highschooler in korea" are my fucking kryptonite. the way my jaw would unhingefor maximum effeciancy like it isnt even funny LET me at it

#why yes algorithm i do always watch them but maybe it is not in my best interest to keep recommending them (eyes glazed over in envy) #pussygator proclamations

[britneyshakespeare]

hey quick question... why am i (someone who never engages w true crime) being recommended content on youtube about christina grimmie’s murder? and also wtf? i guess 7 years is a long time for the internet but if you knew about christina grimmie before that happened, no it’s not. that news was fucking chilling and it’s never going to be normal and it feels so weird to make it like some retrospective true crime folklore. that feels really unnecessary to her legacy to just present her as a “murdered youtuber.” stop!!!!!!!

#the video's from two days ago & if you've been recommended the video too... listen. idk the creator of that video #so im not gonna critique them too harshly. and i KNOW the youtube game is about engagement and getting clicks #they didnt even put christina's name in the title. they refer to her simply as a murdered youtuber #stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #am i being recommended this because i sometimes watch youtube drama/commentary? (i dont watch it as much as the algorithm wants me to) #(but yeah i do occasionally click on youtube retrospectives and keep up w a little scandal here and there... not so much) #(ive definitely tried to consume less of it over the years and i only have a few specific channels i really follow) #PLEASE dont reduce christina grimmie to 'murdered youtuber' i find that so offensive and distasteful #she was a really big legend on the platform in her lifetime and she did so much w her short life #seriously fuck that. call her her NAME and if you make videos about her in retrospect obviously you cant gloss over the tragedy #but you shouldnt make it the highlight of her story. seriously. SERIOUSLY!!!!!! #text post

[ask-artsy-oncie]

Going through my youtube recommendations makes me realize just how big the percentage of youtubers that are just. Mediocre white men is.

#Stupid shit #I know that a BIG percentage of internet personalities are white men #But like just the fact that I don't really see them that much in my day to day life #Coupled with the fact that my youtube subscriptions are kinda just all over the place #It really is just like. Oh this is how the platform is huh #I know as a freelancer I'm definitely one to talk but like... can't y'alls.... get jobs? And kind of relatively easily too? #And I say that because I really do mean they're mediocre... #Like they figured out how to game the algorithm and garner curiosity views #But actually watching their videos? It's... pretty bland and uninspired. At times even annoying.

[marklikely]

its so weird to me the way people will act like you are trying to murder them if you dare say that you don't like the 6 hour video essay about nothing subgenre. like your preference against overlong substanceless videos is some kind of personal attack against 80% of tumblr users.

#this is not an insult to hbg at least not yet (<- don't know if his video is good yet or not i haven't watched it) #but i was thinking how normally id run away from this type of runtime but he and dan olson are like #the only creators who have ever justified making a video over 3 hours before by not letting it lose structure or purpose #and how most of the other people trying to make videos that long are usually. very bad at it and the videos suck #but fans and the algorithm have decided that long = better by default so we are never escaping and that trend will only get worse i think #but you can't complain about it without literally thousands of replies and reblogs trying to fight you #and its like?? people don't have to like the same youtube videos you do why are you running to defend them so hard #just watch what you want to watch and let the rest of us complain about wanting something more substantial. #its a nonissue from your perspective anyway bc again the trends are in your favor. and us haters are losing. so who give a shit. #avpost #personally I've said it before and it remains to be true that the ideal length for 99% of creators is like. 40-90 minutes #long enough to really dig into a subject but not so long that you just ramble pointlessly for the sake of making a Spectacle of ur runtime

[screwpinecaprice]

Monkey Wrench - The Ghost Egg

Sharing this because this had been under my radar for 8 months???? and maybe it's the case for anyone who's seeing this post.

#Needed that show set on Space itself since Wander Over Yonder. #Okey time to gush #I watch a lot of animation vids on YouTube why did not YouTube recommend this???? #I only knew about this when it was mentioned through Saberspark #Youtube algorithm failing could explain why it isn't as popular as it should be. #I mean like... are you kidding me just 1.2 million views??? I know reaching a mill is already a big deal. #But THIS quality... all free on Youtube... JUST 1.2 Million???? #Lackadaisy got 5.5 million and it was uploaded just 9 days ago. #Monkey Wrench #Not saying anything negative about Lackadaisy but I'm comparing how Monkey Rench is also high quality indie animation your honor. #*Wrench #The show's artstyle kinda reminds me of Zobiez' too? #(*whispers* They have a floppa assassin ) #animation

[squishymochithethird]

For reference THIS is what happened

There’s three tabs and no longer any way to look at individual tags I follow without searching them (no) or using the ‘my tags’ tab on my dash (double no)

@staff istg change it back and stop trying to turn this platform into fucking twitter. This website doesn’t need 30 algorithmically generated content tabs if it’s not the primary reason people use it.

#I’m actually fuming over this change #tumblr changes #tumblr mobile #squishy speaks #squishy rants #search tab #also with the way the algorithm on the first tab that pops up by default #means that anyone who’s watching one of the biggest shows in the world atm could accidentally be spoiled

[greatfunkystatic]

I fuckin hate warm water

#blog #is this even worth tagging with blog #honestly I might just have to add more #im just bored rn in class tbh #sucks tho bc we have to study a chapter and a half of discrete math in 2 lectures now bc the schedule got pushed back #but hey it was worth all of the breaks we got this semester yho #i haven't watched op in forever huh #or much of anything tbh #i was supposed to watch a movie for class today #i ended up just doing a 16 star run of sm64 #didnt matter tho bc I fuckin overslept the class #i really gotta figure out what's happening with that tbh #I might be sleeping with my phone too close #but if I don't listen to anything when falling asleep I can't sleep #but also if I use my earbuds my ears get blocked over time #aaaaand I have a roommate so I can't blast it ou #woe is me #maybe I should also fix my sleep #at least I didn't sleep thru my exam yesterday #oh that algorithms exam was a lot easier than I expected #still expecting a 60 tho ngl #as long as I get above average we will be chillin #(most of my classes are relative grading) #god I just realized my arms are sore #from blj #i can't believe that really fucked me up #i was trying it for like an hour and a half lmao #also funny thing #most of my classes just don't care about the fact that I just wear an earbud in middle of the lecture #even the smaller classes

[biscuitsngravie]

Golly I wanna try writing some x reader stuff but now that people are following me again I'm feeling bashful 😅🙈

#bruh i was gonna do this in the little corner of my blog #why are people following me lmao #i don't even make shit here #there was that one choso x reader i made but that's it 💀 #i wrote a whole book and I'm embarrassed abt writing ff????? #i literally write ff everywhere else but idk why I'm so shy here 😭 #I'll just try to upload when i think everyone is asleep #watch the algorithm fuck me over lol #thought about a sugar daddy stsg au tho #i Need it #feenin for it

[rose-tinting]

it’s so frustrating to see that the options being proposed with ai is either “hand companies the ability to control the art” or “hand companies the ability to replace the artist”

either a company gets to have a copyright law preventing people from using an art/writing style preventing real artists from using said style elsewhere

or a company gets to replace actual human artists by stealing their work with an algorithm that just regurgitates what it was trained on (and this would probably happen either way since the company would just copyright the style and replace real people with the algorithm that shits said style out)

and no one wants to find another fucking option? Can we just agree that AI is a bland soulless recreation of stories we’ve already seen and looks like garbage and stop trying to propose stuff that would fuck over real people either way?

#Like #it just isn't impressive! #It's just boring and an excuse to shit out uncreative ideas! #why the fuck does the conversation revolve around what a company could do to fuck over artists! #As if one cancels the other out and makes it a better option! #It's bad! They're both bad options! Just don't fucking consume the media! #Ignore it! #Give people your love and support and ignore the dumb algorithms random mashing together of things we've already seen! #I'm tired of people complaining about a lack of originality in media and then lining up to watch/read it anyway! #Just don't watch it! Don't look at it! Why does your life need to revolve around media consumption! #aaaa

[cack1e]

the person behind the video of all the midi-sounding splatoon songs in this post just posted another one, compiling all the songs from daigasso band brothers p debut, a lite version of daigasso band brothers p (which is where those songs are from)! there's a lot of splatoon songs in here but there's also others (notably, animal crossing wild world/amiibo festival/happy home designer music and fire emblem music!). theres also versions of squid sisters songs without the vocals (ink me up, city of color & calamari inkantation don't have vocals here). I reccomend watching!

#splatoon #animal crossing #please watch ok. i'd hate if the algorithm fucked this person over for having 1 video blow up and the rest get no attention #their videos are so cool #theres even pokemon mystery dungeon music from band brothers p on their channel and it sounds so good! #not rb #Youtube

[dylanconrique]

tim is a canon confirmed whovian, what the fuck.

#*and this is icarly! #.... i want ya'll to just sit on that for a sec #cause never in a million years would i have pegged this man as a doctor who fan #idk what kind of shows i imagine him watching but lemme tell ya doctor who was not one of em' #.... i bet it's genny's fault #he walks in on her watching it during one of his visits to see her and his nephews #truly flabbergasted i will never get over this for as long as i live #the rookie #tim bradford #chenford #(not a chenford post technically but for algorithm sake) #i just keep thinking of the 'like a reverse tardis' line