it's funny watching youtube's recommendation system try to keep up with my adhd. no creepy i'm not into ads for modular synthesizers tonight i'm into clay tonight. no creepy i'm not into clay this morning i just want to listen to a particular album to help me get through my work day.

aeva

@aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place

last night it asked me to help it "understand my interests". my brothers in christ you do not have the capacity to keep up do not even try

March 11, 2026 at 5:34:39 PM

this is so fucking relatable

It has to know every little detail of your life in select the exactly right cookie at the exact right time for you to reject because in that moment you don't feel like a cookie.

It's the little old lady problem... she has to want to cross that exact street at that exact time, so randomly helping her across is annoying to her.

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