IninewCrow@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWe were once forced to watch predetermined junk on cable TV, now we get to choose which junk we want to watch on internet TV.message-squaremessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down111
arrow-up187arrow-down1message-squareWe were once forced to watch predetermined junk on cable TV, now we get to choose which junk we want to watch on internet TV.IninewCrow@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareblackjam_alex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoKinda. We have the ability to choose our content, but more often than not we let the algorithms pick the junk for us and we just go with it. Look at what the TikTok format has done to the internet, it’s turning it into TV 2.0.
minus-squareblackjam_alex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoI know this is not an original thought. I saw the Technology Connections video.
Kinda.
We have the ability to choose our content, but more often than not we let the algorithms pick the junk for us and we just go with it.
Look at what the TikTok format has done to the internet, it’s turning it into TV 2.0.
I know this is not an original thought. I saw the Technology Connections video.