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>The biggest difference is that today, it never comes back around the dial - the dial is practically infinite. And the TV analyzes your dial-flipping to determ

>The biggest difference is that today, it never comes back around the dial - the dial is practically infinite. And the TV analyzes your dial-flipping to determine what channel to change you to / generates a channel you are more likely to stay on.

jvm___ 3y ago
Is hackernews on of the last sites where the TV doesn't analyze your preferences and generates a new front-page based on what it thinks will engage you the most?
- xattt 3y ago
  Hacker News is interactive Teletext.
- not2b 3y ago
  No, Mastodon is the same. You get what you follow, people or hashtags, plus things the people you follow boost.
mnd999 3y ago
Heh, heh, this sux change it.
joahua 3y ago
To be fair TV ratings did this, just on a very slow inference cycle!
- Sakos 3y ago
  TV ratings did this as an aggregate of estimated viewer preferences. Doing that immediately on an individual level is wholly different.