• iAmTheTot@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      10
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 years ago

      What a weird and cynical thing to comment. “Through friends” and “through church” and “through work” are also kinds of algorithms, just limited. And not everyone who met online met through a dating service that’s using an algorithm to match people. I met my now wife online in 2014 on an MMO, no algorithm involved.

      • hansl@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        2 years ago

        MMO

        no algorithm involved.

        I know what you mean, but as a software engineer this offended me.

      • bane_killgrind@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        2 years ago

        The idea of being controlled by religion, meeting women that tolerate my friends, and fucking my co-workers are all equally unpalatable

        • CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          2 years ago

          I’m not sure I get what you mean about friends, wouldn’t having a partner that gets along with one’s friends be a good thing?

      • WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        4
        ·
        2 years ago

        Yea that too. That’s why I don’t really believe in borders. It’s just some artificial human-made concept that really shouldn’t exist especially in modern-era.

        • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          3
          ·
          2 years ago

          I don’t really believe in borders

          how can you not believe in borders? they are right there, whether you believe in them or not. do you also not believe in gravity? 😂

          • WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            35
            arrow-down
            5
            ·
            2 years ago

            When people say they don’t believe in monarchies/dicatorships do you think they are denying the existence of monarchs/dictators?

    • Maeve@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      2 years ago

      We all do, though. Just because you’re not on a dating app, don’t imagine you don’t live life based on an algorithm.

    • Dangdoggo@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 years ago

      Okay edge straddler so the algorithm chooses your spouse now? So when you google search for nearby restaurants that’s an algorithm deciding your life for you? Do you click every ad that AdSense serves up? Unfortunately, we all still have to deal with the immense burden of free will.