One of the biggest things I miss is the old YouTube “algorithm”. Before everything was personalized based on your subscriptions and watch history. YouTube was a rabbit hole, the whole site. I miss starting out just watching some random video and then going on the adventure of different videos leading to all sorts of different topics. I’ve always wondered if there’s a site that can return that algorithm, or if I could somehow replicate it.
My hope is that’s what the Fediverse and “old web” becomes someday. A sort of quiet, commercially unviable place where all the internet dwellers have congregated once again. Where all those oldschool data hoarders can share their stuff again.
One of the biggest things I miss is the old YouTube “algorithm”. Before everything was personalized based on your subscriptions and watch history. YouTube was a rabbit hole, the whole site. I miss starting out just watching some random video and then going on the adventure of different videos leading to all sorts of different topics. I’ve always wondered if there’s a site that can return that algorithm, or if I could somehow replicate it.
My hope is that’s what the Fediverse and “old web” becomes someday. A sort of quiet, commercially unviable place where all the internet dwellers have congregated once again. Where all those oldschool data hoarders can share their stuff again.
It feels quaint compared to hearing tiktok videos, which is my new #1 pet peeve. Just the sound sets me off.