noisserped wrote:
Fnord wrote:
If algorithms did not exist, neither would video games, GPS navigation, CAD/CAM systems, synthesized music, spreadsheets, word processors, or computers themselves.[/color]
There's a difference between that and what fuels extremism etc. online... I guess what I described is a form of that with regards to viral popularity, which makes no sense if it's not fuelled by people clicking links given by other people.
Its not what you're saying. Its the way you're saying it. It sounds ignorant.
An "algorithm" is just any mathematical recipe for solving a problem in a finite amount of steps. Algorithms predate computers ( I was taught algorithms in high school just for paper and pen math -nothing to do with computer programming- and I didnt even get very far in math), but are vital to computer science. This website wouldnt work without using zillions of algorithms.
So entitling a thread with "algorithms Shouldnt Exist" makes one sound rather bone headed, and silly.
I get what you're complaining about. The type of algorithms they use on search engines might arguably be unfair to struggling obscure websites.
Not sure what could be done about it. Except if you find some quirky odd obscure website that you like - then support it by subscribing to it.