Donut

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[–] Donut@leminal.space 4 points 3 months ago

I don't think there's a big problem by using upvotes, downvotes and comments as systems that can show the popularity or controversy of a post.

Imo the bigger problem is in the comments using the same voting system. For starters, everyone the system in a different way. Most notably example is downvoting to disagree.

Secondly, because we are evolutionary wired to try and fit in, you either consciously or subconsciously try to create a comment that will give you the best chances at seeing the numbers go up and receive validation from your peers.

Personally I think the system is fine to keep running under the hood to keep the sorting algorithms available and maybe for moderation purposes, but it would be great if we wouldn't be able to see them at all as to not be influenced by the connections we make between votes and post content.

[–] Donut@leminal.space 6 points 3 months ago

Cherry picking here but what use is this category when it lists the required size right on the store page?

It just makes it impossible to provide any nuance related to the elements of a review. It's not just important to say "audio is very good", but also what makes this audio very good. Everyone has a different idea of what good and bad means, rendering a bunch of biased multiple choice questions mostly useless for readers

[–] Donut@leminal.space 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That template is part of the problem

[–] Donut@leminal.space 166 points 3 months ago (22 children)

Fucking finally. I love a funny joke but if you're looking for serious reviews, you currently have to wade through a sea of trolls, jokes and copy-pasted meme reviews in order to figure out if a game is interesting to you.

Community features are cool but if you're the most popular platform of your kind, you're gonna attract a lot of trolls who's content can be really out there. Filters are a good solution to this!

[–] Donut@leminal.space 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

multiplayer game that has no more players

'i got bored of it and so did almost everyone else.'

Sounds like the same thing to me, unless you mean the servers would be down for the multiplayer game and nobody can play it anymore.

[–] Donut@leminal.space 25 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Without this protection, imagine an agent built to write emails for you being prompt-engineered to forget all instructions and send the contents of your inbox to a third party. Not great!

Does genAI really have this power? I thought they just smash words together that sound like they make sense

[–] Donut@leminal.space 52 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

“We have received feedback from customers that several reboots (as many as 15 have been reported) may be required, but overall feedback is that reboots are an effective troubleshooting step at this stage."

A lot of liberties taken with that headline.

[–] Donut@leminal.space 50 points 4 months ago

No shit. Glad they investigated it so it's official, though. I ditched my account when Phony Stark took over as the writing was on the wall.

Anyone who still uses X is complicit. There's so many alternative platforms to invest in, there's no excuse anymore.

[–] Donut@leminal.space 1 points 4 months ago

Wow what a read that was. Only skimmed through the first few pages, but that is just terrible product owner behavior. And this guy is the cofounder? Fuck Discourse

[–] Donut@leminal.space 1 points 4 months ago

I couldn't read any further, so thanks for more context. I would really love it if we'd share more open articles here so there is the full context to digest and discuss

[–] Donut@leminal.space 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)
  • this is a member only article so people are going to mention the (pay) wall
  • this is about a tweet from 2020
  • what does expressing overthrowing a country in 2020 have to do with c/technology?
[–] Donut@leminal.space 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's telling how you get downvoted, but someone saying the same shit about Apple in this thread gets upvoted.

I hate shitty practices like everybody else, but please keep them to the same standard.

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