Look, obviously, algorithmic-driven content and decision-making has done nothing but improve our lives since it’s been implemented.
But goddammit, Google News, I need a better way to tell you I DO NOT GIVE TWO SHITS ABOUT A CHINESE SPY BALLOON STOP SUMMER OF THE SHARKING ME IN WINTER.
The _only_ interesting part of it, to me, is why the military hasn't downed it. The U.S. military would shoot down the sun if it suited them.
ReplyDeleteWe'll find out in 10 years that the reason was something extremely damning and/or extremely stupid, I'm sure.
Just want to say that I’m so pleased to see you posting here again. I stopped following when you switched to Twitter. Well, I created Twitter to follow there for a hot minute but abandoned Twitter quickly. One of your quotes came up as a FB memory today - what luck!
ReplyDeleteI am also happy that you came back to the good old not-a-blogging format.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think you can silence particular topics from GN... maybe through extensions though. What I really really would like to do is to tell GN to hold off any Op-Ed. They are all over my headlines and I Don't Care For It.