The modern internet is designed to be convenient. Algorithms on platforms like X tirelessly curate "For You" feeds, aiming to show us exactly what we want to see. But this convenience comes at a price: we are trapped in a feedback loop of the familiar, governed by engagement metrics rather than genuine discovery.To find something truly unique, you have to break the machine. I’ve started using a different method: bypassing the algorithmic gatekeepers entirely by manual searching via xcancel/Nitter.X is essentially a massive, chaotic landfill of data, a mountain of digital trash. The platform's algorithm is designed to surface what is popular or provocative, but it is fundamentally incapable of recognizing a "hidden gem." It prioritizes the loud over the profound.When you use xcancel to search for specific, niche (random?) keywords without being logged into a personalized profile, the experience is jarring. The vast majority of what you see is irrelevant noise. However, this is where the magic happens. By manually sifting through the debris, you encounter "pearls", eccentric thoughts, obscure primary sources, or niche conversations- that an algorithm would have filtered out for being too "irrelevant" to your profile.This is the fundamental difference between randomized discovery and algorithmic personalization. One gives you a mirror of your own interests; the other gives you a shovel and a map to the unknown. It is tedious, manual work, but in a world of polished, predictable feeds, it is the only way to find the treasures buried deep within the data pile.
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>>107920894>>107920904>>107920907>>107920929>>107920972well, at least you bumped my thread, so thank you!
excellent work, gentleman
Niggers truly are the touchstone of western civilization jfc this board is OBSESSED
>>107920658Sorry to say this but wrong site. You are gonna have to go to nicher forums in order to get any remotely serious discussion. /g/ (outside a couple generals) is for bots and people who act like bots
>>107920658OP I don't want to alarm you but you may in fact be a gigantic faggot
>>107921375What's there to seriously discuss everyone knows this already OP just states the obvious but it's written out long so he's a genius now?
>>107921415He is testing a YouTube script
>>107920658why would I waste my time digging through trash? the occasional quality post that didn't go viral isn't worth the mental pollution. algorithms can be tuned enough by filtering out low quality posters
>>107921520I understand your point, but algorithms on big tech platforms aren't neutral tools. They're controlled by their owners, who have their own interests and biases. By relying solely on algorithms, you're essentially letting someone else curate your online experience. Xcancel/Nitter might be a treasure trove, but it's one you have to dig through yourself. The occasional quality post might be worth the effort, but it's up to you to decide. The bigger issue is that algorithms are designed to keep you engaged, not to show you the best content. They're optimized for clicks, not quality.
>>107921375of course this is the wrong fucking site, its a LITERAL blog postop should be posting this ON HIS BLOG
>>107921415>OP just states the obviousexactly. someone has to do it.
>>107921611>Hey guys grass is green.>FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT!!!Point of this?
>>107921600this is MY blog, retard.
every time on this site:>aaggh nobody is posting quality slop anymore!! its over!!<aaghh this is not your blog!! go away!!
>>107921647There's more than two things in the world you fucking sperg
>>107920658now its offical why you should avoid the X algo
>>107924148What the hell is general motors up to this time
>>107920658>show us exactly what we want to seeAlgos don't even work well, the only acceptable algorhitm is simple chronological ordering.Anyway the issues with X or any other social network is that they are people-based, not topic-based, so you have to search by people and people are inherently chaotic, this is why they will be always the inferior method of discussion.Basically it's a fools errand, but if you really want to do it you have to find the interesting people not the interesting content, I wouldn't know what your're really looking for through, I only frequent the JP twitter.Nitter is only a frontend, if you're serious about this you should do it through scraping, scripting and by using an AI.>>107921375Speak for yourself retard.
>>107920658>X is essentially a mountain of digital trash/thread
>>107921647I can appreciate the effort, but what's so high quality about it? OP clearly just migrated from twitter, and for some reason he thinks this is enough of a big deal to let us all know by writing treating a thread like it's his blog. The problem is that his little essay has nothing remarkable going for it except for its off-the-charts levels of faggotry. He talks about finding gems, but nothing he wrote would suggest he can ever identify one in the wild. He presents his post as a if it's a Substack article with the title and everything but it has no novels ideas, can not even mask its platitudes with some humor, and his "I have seen through the veil" arrogance combined with the anodyne shit he's spouting make it irresistible to shit on
tranny thread
>>107924831fuck off from where you came from shartytard
>>107924815well, OP was interesting enough to trigger you into taking the effort to solve an insanely annoying captcha. if you hate something, don't feed it.
>>107924815Still better than 99% of other AIturd threads in this shithole.
>>107924919What part of>irresistible to shit ondid you not get. Also I like the new captcha. I think it's almost fun and at least for me it's faster to solve than that older one where you had to align text.
>>107924936sure but it's not like there is much to note about a thread that is just little better than a gazillion AI threads
>>107924815>He presents his post as a if it's a Substack articlewhy should i make an account on a site, where nobody reads my shit anyway? all these big plattforms are rigged and beside that, i have no interest in cultivating an identity and parasitic/parasocial relationships. 4chan and leftypol are my personal blogs and i post whatever i want. this the entire point of imageboards, right? somebody has to create the value, otherwise we would only have sojaks and pepes.
>>107924906you will NEVER be a woman
>>107924972you will never belong on /g/
>>107925572You posted on the wrong site, mr tranny
>>107924148what a retard
>>107924970oh no i'm not suggesting you make an account in Substack, in fact I think you should publishing your writings anywhere>>107925602to be fair his abs are indeed better than mine
i hope X dies. fuck that place. elons a faggot
