ArtSchnurple

ArtSchnurple t1_j6hvid4 wrote

Reply to Just me, or was IT really too long? by KnightOfPanda

I actually love Stephen King in early long-winded sprawling mode from his beer years. It's why The Stand is my favorite of his books and one of my favorite novels. For me, the problem with IT is the way it's too long. That's like he committed to this structure where you see each kid have their own individual confrontation with It, alone, each one in succession, and then the structure of the book is that this gets repeated over and over. It gets very repetitive and is a screwball way to structure a novel.

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ArtSchnurple t1_j2whvx0 wrote

Reply to comment by TheLianeonProject in They say we're past "social media" and are now in the age of algorithms: the "recommendation media." by retepretepretep

Yeah "best" is not the right word here. "Worst" might be more accurate, if anything. Unfortunately, the algorithm determines that things that are dumb, false, and inspire anger get the most engagement and therefore get pushed on people more. Even more unfortunately, bad actors (Russia, most successfully and expertly) have realized they can use that to spread disinformation and get people at each other's throats. It's bad news all around.

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