I was reading an opinion piece in the Guardian the other week bemoaning the disappearance of individual taste in literature/media/music, given how 'everyone' these days relies on algorithms to decide what they will read or watch or listen to next (which of course turns into a self referential loop) – and I am still haunted by it.
What the author described is so far from my own reality that I never thought of about it like that, but once I read the piece I realised YEAH it makes sense that too many people do use algorithms in this way. But secondly, Tumblr is such a bastion of an old better internet. If and when this place dies, we are so cooked. Where are we going to go? Under the nearest rock, I think.
#it's like#how do you choose what show to watch next?#idk man my mutuals keep putting GIFs and meta posts and fics of shows they really like#and I see what vibes. I also listen to what my irl friends/family watch and check those titles out some times#or read a guardian review for a show that just came out#how do you decide what to read? unstructured free time in giant Waterstones#ALGORITHM WHO
