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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20948249

Why are we letting algorithms rewrite the rules of art, work, and life?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fun isn’t allowed anymore. Every hobby has been DLC’d out the wazzu. Also efficiency is the only metric anymore. Not human frivolous things like this so called ‘fun’

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

For incredibly obvious example of "efficiency rules everything", check out the Old School Runescape community.

A ton of grown adults trying to recapture the childhood magic of one old ass MMO that practically anyone could play for free... by optimizing things down to the server update "tick".

Doing things the "fun" way is sin, and looking for help getting through particularly grindy sections is liable to get you directed to the most ridiculously overoptimized solution ever that requires an absurd amount of effort to save an hour.

"The best way to tackle [LOW LEVEL GRIND] is to use [REWARD FOR UNRELATED HIGH LEVEL GRIND]. We will not discuss alternatives."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Sometimes i wish i had the balls to just tell them off, but that usally takes a lot of being pestered with bullshit until i snap back.