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cumulativechaos · 2 years ago

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ok my tags on the ao3 algorithm post were mean but like. maybe this is a skill ive learned just from being on social media pre-algorithmification of everything but you can TELL when the website or the app you're on has an algorithm. like did you choose to see the post (or fic, since we were talking abt ao3) you're seeing? did someone you follow post it? did you specifically search for it? how were search results organized? by popularity? alphabetically? in time order? oldest first? newest first? and if you didn't choose to see it, how did it get there? was it suggested based on your previous activity? did the website recommend it because it's "trending?"

ao3 is just. genuinely one of the LEAST algorithm'd website ive ever seen. you find the fics you want by searching for them. when you go into a fandom, literally EVERY fic in that fandom is shown to you in reverse chronological order, newest stuff first. when you're filtering with tags you choose how the results are sorted (by kudos, date posted, comments, etc). ao3 never suggests fics for you. there's not a fucking "for you" page of selected content trying to suck you into an endless scroll

#fuck the algorithm #ao3 #mp #some of those screenshots were so funny 'im reposting my fic bc the algorithm buried it' maybe it just wasnt Good have u considered that #'the algorithm is so weird abt new fics' look it's literally a gamble ok. it's HARD for new fics to get attention #bc a lot of ppl (me included) sort by kudos or hits to get some idea of what's good #i rarely read from the first page of unfiltered fics lol #just. the desperation. the begging some unknowable computer code to give them attention.#i ALSO love getting comments but like if attention is ur only reason for posting writing fic on ao3 is a ROUGH game

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