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I just installed it and was immediately annoyed by the auto-scrolling feature being turned on by default. Is that really how TikTok works? How does anyone put up with this shit?
It’s not. You have to enable autoscrolling on TikTok.
I'm imagining one of those that feeds you random tvtropes instead
I too find this such a nice refreshing take on wikipedia. It’s only been a few days, hope the developer improves it further. I realize some kind of recommendation algorithm opens a pandora’s box, but one can dream
One big thing i hope they add is sorting by topic, so i can have a biology feed, a physics feed...
WikiTok > TikTok
I know it needs to maintain the Wiki name for branding purposes, but WikTok meshes better.
Alternatively WikiToko would be cute
That's actually really cool. I like that the dev has expressed that he doesn't want to make the algorithm addictive and just keep it random 😅
"Some people just wanna watch the world learn."
I recall people in the past spending their day reading random Wikipedia trivia. Overal the knowledge is rather useless.
Maybe, but you will win more pub quizzes and it's better than brainrot content
Useless? Knowledge for the sake of itself is worth pursuing.
There is no knowledge that is not power.
Is it though?
Depends on what you're into, what you do, etc... Could be the difference between winning Final Jeopardy and not. Or being able to identify Alessandro Gazzi by name in a police lineup, for example.
I mean you can just swipe if it’s not your jam. I think this is a great idea.
Knowledge is a good in and of itself
Usless knowladge is still better than tiktok https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07067437221082854
Still better than endless tiktiok scroll, me thinks
Due to shitty company pokicies where I worked, I once had a 6 month stint of reading Wikipedia 4-6 hours a day out of boredom and fuck yeah did I learn a lot of bew things. Sure, not everything sticks, but it's enough
As opposed to spending the day reading social media where the knowledge is useful?
Because Tiktok is so much better.
Would be cool if the official Wikipedia mobile app integrated this functionality! It does have a 'random articles' card, but it's nothing like this.
Not sure 'addiction' is being defeated here, though 😆 Like if I'm addicted to sausages, giving me bacon instead isn't really solving the root of the issue. The issue being those sexy, sexy pigs.
The addiction isn't being defeated, it's just being redirected from something worthless to something useful. Well, at least less useless.
Everyday I read wikipedia and everyday, I learn something new. Fucking love this free resource
I see the dev don't want recommendation algorithm. All good to avoid the recommendation bubble, but a category/tags might be nice instead of random everything.
endless feed
to fight algorithm addiction
endless
feed
to fight algorithm addiction
Uuuuuh that's not the way to fight an addiction, right? Who is this person working for, exactly?
Think of it as taking methadone instead of heroin.
Ironically, my overly chatty doctor was ranting about how methadone is a racket and they string people along for years instead of titrating them off. He prescribes Suboxone, apparently.
Think of it as a methadone clinic for doomscrollers.
If methadone was also educational 🌈⭐
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WikiTok
Not sure if there's an app yet, I found one on the Android store by Arakassia...
Most "apps" are just http web hooks to a regular website backend with extra tracking telemetry. So a website working as a PWA should be enough for everyone.
I hate how everything has to be a fucking app, because it doesn't need to be.
If phone OSes made it so there's less friction to save a web page as an icon on your desktop it would help to resolve that issue I think.
It’s so easy, even on iOS. Just tap share and add to Home Screen. It’s probably just as easy on android.
Yep, you're 100% right. Not sure why I thought it was high friction. I feel like I confused trying to put an icon for an image on my home screen (gym app's sign in QR code) with sending a web page to the home screen.
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Web 1.0 cures web 2.0 again.
Saw this posted in a ADHD com a few days back. Every comment was just like "oh no...". I opened it and like 20 minutes later realized, oh no. I can and have spent many entire days just reading Wikipedia and following linked subjects. So much so I run out in areas. I can't handle a lot of visual and audio stimulation, short form content is such a nightmare for me, can't watch it. But give me pages of the most dense info and I'm hooked. I just need the option to download every paper referenced from every Wikipedia page I visit.
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