This is pretty awesome. I do see the need to be able to add categories of interest. Like follow history, the arts, etc. Cool regardless.
“I have had plenty of people message me and even make issues on my GitHub asking for some insane crazy WikiTok algorithm,” Gemal told Ars. “And I had to put my foot down and say something along the lines that we’re already ruled by ruthless, opaque algorithms in our everyday life; why can’t we just have one little corner in the world without them?”
The developer seems staunchly anti-algorithm but I feel like some sort of filter system would work well. I know nothing about development but the same level of randomosity (it’s a word don’t look it up) but for specific topics would be amazing.
It needs the TikTok algorithm
Just found this article that for some reason has me dying of laughter: ICBM address
If you enjoy this, have a peek at The Jargon File. Classic hacker slang is something else.
Does it fight algorithm addiction or does it just utilise existing algorithm addiction to give you something slightly more informative?
Would be cool if the official Wikipedia mobile app integrated this functionality! It does have a ‘random articles’ card, but it’s nothing like this.
Not sure ‘addiction’ is being defeated here, though 😆 Like if I’m addicted to sausages, giving me bacon instead isn’t really solving the root of the issue. The issue being those sexy, sexy pigs.
As someone who loved the random article feature and will sometimes peruse Wikipedia at random, this is extremely fascinating to me.
I see the dev don’t want recommendation algorithm. All good to avoid the recommendation bubble, but a category/tags might be nice instead of random everything.
This is awesome. :3
I too find this such a nice refreshing take on wikipedia. It’s only been a few days, hope the developer improves it further. I realize some kind of recommendation algorithm opens a pandora’s box, but one can dream
One big thing i hope they add is sorting by topic, so i can have a biology feed, a physics feed…
they have this already, at least on the app version
I want this, but with high quality news sources. And then sort such that topics are distributed.
I’m imagining one of those that feeds you random tvtropes instead
I’ve downloaded the app and left a five star rating. The app works great! Please show support to this developer ❤️
I just installed it and was immediately annoyed by the auto-scrolling feature being turned on by default. Is that really how TikTok works? How does anyone put up with this shit?
Not sure but i support them for trying. Maybe leave a review and ask the dev to change it.
What app? Isnt just browser bsed?
It’s app based. I found it on Google Play.
Just got the app it’s absolutely fantastic.
…so… content filters when? Let me limit it to certain subjects and I don’t need social media anymore 😂
Sadly the design is pretty bad on desktop monitors.
I don’t get it, it’s pretty lame. Just a list of articles. This would need some kind of flow. Maybe one that is continued depending on what topic one reads. Something. I think, I’ll try to make this …
