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.
Does it fight algorithm addiction or does it just utilise existing algorithm addiction to give you something slightly more informative?
Just found this article that for some reason has me dying of laughter: ICBM address
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.
As someone who loved the random article feature and will sometimes peruse Wikipedia at random, this is extremely fascinating to me.
This is awesome. :3
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…
I recall people in the past spending their day reading random Wikipedia trivia. Overal the knowledge is rather useless.
Useless? Knowledge for its own sake is worth pursuing.
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.
Because Tiktok is so much better.
I’ve downloaded the app and left a five star rating. The app works great! Please show support to this developer ❤️
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?
Not sure but i support them for trying. Maybe leave a review and ask the dev to change it.
What app? Isnt just browser bsed?
It’s app based. I found it on Google Play.
Just got the app it’s absolutely fantastic.
I’m imagining one of those that feeds you random tvtropes instead
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.
I think that’s only partly true as companies, especially big ones, want the telemetry and control of a native app instead of just a web page
Sadly the design is pretty bad on desktop monitors.
Having a real grand time adding a song from any musician I hit to a play list. I fucking love Awaz now.
…so… content filters when? Let me limit it to certain subjects and I don’t need social media anymore 😂
