#positive feedback loop

[rose-matcha-latte]

reminder to go comment on the fics u read bc i have received so much serotonin from a few comments and im going to write more today bc of it

[iamafanofcartoons]

The Positive Feedback Loop, and why it is the Bane of Youtube Users dealing with unnecessary Recommendations

The reason Youtube is bad: positive feedback loops. not positive as in good, but positive as in they grow larger over time. Youtube's recommendation algorithm is partially based off of what it learns from users.

It takes in all kinds of data on what users watch--the uploader, the title, the tags, the thumbnail, the description, anything it can glean from the audio and visuals, whatever. you name it, google's probably holding it. They dont have yottabytes upon yottabytes of data for nothing. Importantly, though, is that they also keep track of what the user watches Next. 

See, google (as with most social media that uses an ad revenue model) will run studies, where they try out different experimental algorithms created from viewership data on different users and see what is more likely to get users to click through. How they create these experiments is pretty complicated, and i'll save you the technogore. Think of it as making tons of algorithms that each think different combinations of aforementioned viewership data at different amounts are the reason why that viewer made their choice, then projecting that onto all users to inform future suggestions. 

Trust me, that's the easy way to think about it. What makes it a positive feedback loop? Well, recall that i said the algorithms are created on viewership data. The successful one(s) is/are then used to inform future recommendations. That data is then used to further experimentally tweak the algorithm. The choices user make influence the algorithm. What influences the choices users make? The algorithm. As time moves on, the algorithm becomes more and more biased until youtube decides to make more dramatic changes to influence things in a different direction (remember the change to favor runtime? Then to favor watch-through?) And here lies the biggest problem. Youtube isn't fixing shit about this system.  Why would they? People are clicking through recommendations at insane rates! They're watching more videos! And sure, a general societal right-wing bias might have positive feedback looped into turning the website into a facism pipeline, but google is making so much fucking money from gathering an insane amount of information from users that can be used in ad targeting the whole time. Even if youtube itself struggles with profitability, even if people like. kind of say stuff about the problem but never really do anything about it at a large scale, even if people are being red-pilled, Why should google care when they make more money than anyone could even comprehend? Until capitalism is overthrown, there will be a shit algorithm. Blocking channels is a start, but there will always be more shitty things to block Apps that bypass youtube accounts and privacy loss (youtube vanced and newpipe and blocktube and channel blocker) Are privacy tools first, kind of hit or miss when it comes to the algorithm.

Never looked into the source code of them, but, if you ask me, it's either some amalgamation of everyone's recommendations who use those apps, a "default" algorithm, or one that's kind of tailored to you as youtube slowly worms its way into identifying you by your device and ip address. Point is, dont hold your breath waiting. Keep looking for tools, keep spreading the word, keep finding ways to support content you like so the artist isnt reliant on ad revenue.

[mutteringmarigolds]

Positive Feedback Loop

you put out your cigarette on my tongue

igniting the kerosene that drips from my teeth

now my smile is an explosion

and dark eyes are pits of flame 

there is glass everywhere

shards of my skull piercing your feet

until your blood is as gasoline soaked into the carpet

and everything we've built has become fuel

the flames burn hotter and hotter

devouring the house and the flesh

until all that is left is an after image 

burned into the ground where we once stood

and a pile of ashes so poisoned

that not even a phoenix could rise from them

[mmorpg-escapism]

Wait, hold on, I've found a positive feedback loop.

Write story -> Find moment where a picture helps -> do a gpose thing -> love the results -> want to gpose more -> write more to reach more picture moments

Related, I've edited Chapter 1's post and put two fun shots in there. I'll *try* to limit myself to 3 per chapter but who knows what'll happen.

[pebblegalaxy]

The Popcorn Concept: How Small Actions Can Have Big Impact

The popcorn concept refers to a phenomenon where a small event or action can trigger a chain reaction of similar events or actions. This phenomenon is often compared to the way in which popcorn kernels pop when they are heated, with one kernel leading to the popping of many others. The term “popcorn effect” or “popcorn theory” has been used in various contexts over the years to describe the…

[canisalbus]

How do you draw so frequently???

I'm starting to think I probably have some passive ADHD so I end up always admiring ppl who can just constantly do stuff, it's like a dream, your art is also like a dream, Vasco is also a sweet dream, I really like Vasco, he looks really sweet

I set aside a little bit of time every evening just to draw, it's become almost like a wind down routine for me. It helps if I don't treat it as serious 100% effort hard mode art time, I usually multitask a little on the side, watch a movie or take breaks to do little chores around the house and art just sort of happens if it happens. Lately I've been making mostly personal low pressure feel-good pieces.

[nano30cm]

they're gym buddies :)

[dragonpyre]

The most dangerous duo in fandom is when a popular author and a popular artist team up

[im-still-watching-anime]

sakura: alright so we should be running into sasuke soon if you wanna plan—what are you doing to that kunai? poison? some kind of sedative?

naruto, carving ‘deflect this if you love me’ on to it: nothing! don’t look!

[vulturebeetlesnake]

hearing about other people's wips is like seeing the daffodils poke through the snow and getting all excited for the burst of flowers to come in the indeterminate future. anticipation can be one of life's sweetest pleasures!

[omegalomania]

the fucking thing about fall out boy is that it is composed of four very fine very intelligent well-spoken guys who when combined with one another all cancel each other out so they become super ultra mega extra stupid

[sandboxer]

depression is a thousand times more annoying when you are employed full time. I come home from 10 hours in the torment nexus just to spend my little “free time” in another torment nexus until it is time to return to the original torment nexus

[thekidsarentalright]

howwww is it that tonights show was so fucking crazy and theres still 10 shows left btw like 😭 what do you Mean theres more opportunity for them to get even more insane!!!!!!!!!!!

[feelingtheaster99]

Oooooo I love the warlock teacher. Go off, Zara Sool!

“When it comes to manners of warlock, the only thing that counts is on the page.” For someone who was introduced like two minutes ago to me, already saying a BANGER of a line

[devilsskettle]

it is really funny to see people say oh i don't actually like ghost files/mystery files/puppet history/dish granted i just followed these guys from buzzfeed unsolved and watched their new content to support them but actually their shows are bad. do you guys not think for yourselves or seek out media you actually would enjoy instead of watching hours upon hours of content that you think is bad

[thotsfortherapy]

i hate how anxiety causes avoidance and avoidance causes anxiety like least useful emotional reaction methinks