I recently came across a proposal to create a marketplace of sorting algorithms for Lemmy, allowing users to browse, select, and even create their own custom sorting algorithms. This would provide more advanced users with additional ways to customize and sort content, and give the community the ability to share their creations. I’m curious to know if this is actually possible within the Fediverse and what your thoughts are on the idea. Would this be a valuable addition to Lemmy, or do you see any potential drawbacks?

  • souperk@reddthat.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    A plugin system that allows for custom scoring methods is a good idea, IMO.

    This would allow instance admins to install whatever plugins fit their users’ needs. See how many instances are deploying multiple clients like default Lemmy, old Lemmy, alexandrite, and many more.

    Arbitrary code execution is not safe, so it would probably require an admin permission to install plugins.

    Some ideas for interesting scoring/sorting methods or feed generation in general:

    1. personalized AI scoring, most of us agree it’s bad when a big corp controls AI, but maybe it’s better if the user could fine tune it
    2. instance/community/other AI scoring, instead of super individualized scoring sometimes you may value the feedback of others including the communities you follow or your instance
    3. the explore feed that was recently suggested (or any another mixer), i.e. a mix of home, local and all based on factors the user can configure
    4. random
    5. Top/Hot/Active/New but only counting interactions from people you “trust” (i.e. you follow the same communities, or have at least X% compatibility) (again big corps bad, self hosting good)

    Some of these services are not cheap to host, but the fediverse allows for multiple solutions to coexist. Some servers will charge for premium features, some servers will not provide them, some people will self host over engineered solutions, and big corps will show/sell ads and track user data (never forget big corps bad).

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I literally just got down voted to hell for suggesting a personalized AI. I do really want it though. Obviously without the corporate greed, but that’s why we’re here.

      • ttmrichter@lemmy.world
        21·
        1 year ago

        And where are you going to find an A"I" that’s not the product of corporate greed literally stealing from the rest of humanity?

        The modern approach to artificial “intelligence” is basically n-dimension mad-libs where n is five figures or more. It can only work with truly awesome (in the original, literal sense of the word) amounts of training data which is first a) stolen, then b) categorized by biased reviewers (often exploited people doing that last job). There is no ethical A"I" and only the greedy corporate world has the resources to do modern A"I" at all.