Name: Anonymous 2016-06-18 13:57
there's a problem with websites beyond just ads.
youtube has 'recommended' videos - they're a bunch of thumbnails chosen with highest probability of you clicking
tumbler inserts random other peoples posts into the stream of posts from people you actually follow.
twitter inserts tweets into your timeline from people it 'thinks' you'd be interested in.
it seems like adblockers can't fix this either. I tried on the youtube one.
How can we keep the constant attempts to distract us at bay?
You could argue that it's their website so it's their choice to do it. On the other hand it's so effective because they have algorithms running on hundreds of people daily to optimize finding the most interesting things that are the most likely to distract you from what you're doing.
It's a problem if you want to just see the things you subscribed to and then get on with other things. I would also note in none of the three sites I listed can you turn this off in settings.
youtube has 'recommended' videos - they're a bunch of thumbnails chosen with highest probability of you clicking
tumbler inserts random other peoples posts into the stream of posts from people you actually follow.
twitter inserts tweets into your timeline from people it 'thinks' you'd be interested in.
it seems like adblockers can't fix this either. I tried on the youtube one.
How can we keep the constant attempts to distract us at bay?
You could argue that it's their website so it's their choice to do it. On the other hand it's so effective because they have algorithms running on hundreds of people daily to optimize finding the most interesting things that are the most likely to distract you from what you're doing.
It's a problem if you want to just see the things you subscribed to and then get on with other things. I would also note in none of the three sites I listed can you turn this off in settings.