Some automated algorithms can be good for content discovery and discovery of new creators tho
if you are to lazy to type in your search term into a text box
if you do not even know how to articulate the name of the content you search for in text form
These automatic suggestion algorithms are perfect for mindless scrolling in an entertainment sense … these ranking algorithms justify the massive data collection we witness today.
I wonder if there is another way of decentralized way of content creator discovery without the current drawbacks.
Purely text based content is way easier on the servers. If all Lemmy users uploaded videos and high res images all the time, the servers could not keep up, right?
consider that they use hardware that is run on donation (or their own) money
I asked a similar question previously one of the makers of lemmy responded to me:
… I thought sometime in the future I will make such a bot … but turns out I need to use typescript for that.