#incentive for me to actually do the thing

[tanadrin]

One of the many downsides of algorithmic feeds is that sometimes you absolutely cannot convince it you yourself are not interested in a topic or a creator just because you are interested in adjacent stuff. TikTok thinks I want an endless stream of videos about BioWare games because I guess I fit that demographic in other ways, but—while I like RPG games fine—I don’t actually care enough to watch TikToks about them. I’m mostly on TikTok for cute cat videos. Likewise, when I have browsed Twitter’s algorithmic feed before, it has insisted on giving me at least 50% tweets about film and movies, and I could not care less. Again, I like movies fine; I just don’t need my social media consumed by Movie Content.

I do think an optional algorithmic feed can have nonzero utility as like an interesting-poster-discovery-mechanism. TikTok’s can work for that, sometimes. But you gotta be sensitive to a user’s stated preferences. I think it’s a bit like the theoretical Median Voter, or trying to size a fighter cockpit to the Average Pilot—there are certainly statistical correlations in interests such that a person with interest in Nerdy Shit A is more likely to have an interest in Nerdy Shit B. But any individual user will tend to be quite eclectic in their tastes, and if your algorithm can only offer the most statistically generic soup of legible-to-marketing-teams correlations almost nobody will find that actually appealing.

Nevermind the possible problem of the incentive to show people content about Thing You Can Buy or TV Show You Can Watch, for the sake of advertisers.

[favorite-worst-nightmare]

Every time I forget to update simply plural a really hot girl DIES

[starlightwayfinder]

I hope Missing-Link has parties and group chats and ways to send people gifts and heal each other in battles…

[sailforvalinor]

That’s it—if I’m not married, in a serious relationship, or otherwise made a significant place for myself within the society in which I live by the time I’m 25, I’m moving to the UK

[darlingsart]

Hi everyone! 💕

I made a Patreon if anyone's interested in supporting me a bit more:

Patreon.com/Darlingsart

My patreon will run more or less like this blog, but with a few extra goodies! Over there, I'll be posting a few more sketches/doodle pages, WIPS, voting polls on what I should draw next, and some speed draws!

I'll still be posting all of my art on here like I always do! Patreon will just be like a little tipping jar so if you enjoy my art and my fics (and if you're able to!), feel free to subscribe to help me out. If not, I still appreciate all of the love! 🥰

[yujeong]

For the micro story ask, how about number 7 (silent fury) for Pete? With your choice of other character/s <3

Ohhh, that's a good one, my friend, thank you so much ❤️ ----------------------- "Hey, P'Pete." "Hm?" "You used to do boxing, right?" "Ah... yes, why?" "What was your nickname?" "My... what?" "The name you'd been given as a fighter. Like how P'Porsche was called The Phoenix." "Well-" "Silent Fury." "Bro, you're not funny." "What? It suits him, doesn't it?" "It sounds stupid and you know it." "It does sound a little stupid, Vegas." "I only meant to emphasize your strengths, Pete." "You did a bad job." "Shut up, Macau." "Phi never answered the question. What was it?" "I... didn't have one." "You didn't? But why?" "No point for a fighter who's bad at his job." "Pete-" "No, I refuse to accept it. We're giving you one right now... Don't laugh, Phi, I'm being serious!" "Fine, Macau. Do whatever you want. But it can't be Silent Fury." "It suits you-" "Hia won't participate in the brainstorming. Only me and P'Pete." "Okay, that's it. No dinner for you." "Will I not get dinner either, Vegas?" "It depends, Pete. Are you going to behave?" "Ugh, never mind, I'm out of here. You started being gross again." "Food will be ready in an hour!" "You better have finished until then!" "No promises."

[teaandinanity]

It continues to give me the warm fuzzies that basically every person at work has said they'll miss me. And it's not really utility, even if I'm useful; I am not in a critical position. There are many people who can do the things I do, even if the majority are less experienced. I'm not management, or a lynchpin, just a long-time worker bee.

But people like me, and I just handled a Crisis Situation well enough that the AD took the time to personally thank me, and my manager was like 'not only am I willing to be a reference you can use my personal phone number if that's easier' and even some of the newest additions said they're going to miss me on desk, and I just.

I love my job and my coworkers and it's really nice that the people there know it and love me back.

[merevide]

hiiiii i have returned from the depths of the underworld (self imposed hiatus) (3 week break that felt like 3 years)

[floatingonapaintedsky]

This isn't actually prevalent and ultimately a non-issue but I was looking through the comments of their older videos and I always feel like it's a bit silly when I see the occasional stray commenter say that &team would be significantly more successful if they were based primarily out of Korea and got int'l recognition when Japan is the world's second largest music industry.

Like any issues with how much more successful they could be has less to do with the country they're primarily based in and more to do with Hybe Japan being kind of incompetent.

[mabelsguidetolife]

when it comes to life i keep wondering: what’s the payoff to all this pain???? is there a light at the end of the tunnel or is it just an endless, lonely dark slog all the way to the finish line????

[starrynyxa]

lowkey i keep looking at my own art fight attacks and being like 'damn. this is really good'

[burinazar]

just read about Roko's Basilisk and feel comfortably, dopily ensconced against the infohazard it presumably is by being too dumb to properly understand what it's getting at. "you heard about the potential scary future robot so now it can get you! ""ah, not if i'm dumb as a rock :}"

[inquirenorth]

[rubys-domain]

is it just me or... are the reputation rewards for fontaine underwhelming as hell?

[imeminemp3]

oh i got 3 compliments on my nails at social anxiety group tonight🥺🥺

[gardenstateofmind]

that being said, i still personally find it gross not to exfoliate. i'm not judging people for it, but i 100% believe everyone should exfoliate, except those with skin conditions that specifically prohibit it. like please at least use a washcloth, you don't even have to use an actual scrub, but please do not just use your hands 😭