As you all might know, I try to stay away from platforms with algorithms at their core. The only one left for me is youtube and it's a scary place for me.

The algorithm decided that after the many Switch 2 videos I have watched that it's time to consume the ragebait senseless Switch 2 hatemob that has been forming since the moment the price was announced.

Now, there are many reasons to be critical of Nintendo and the Switch 2. However, that's not what these people do. They decided to hate the machine from the get go and exploit the reaction for as long as possible. They started out by saying they hate and despise it, they wouldn't buy it, but then the catch22 happened: If they don't buy it, they can't really produce new content for the algorithm.

So they bough it. 🧵

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Now they are producing hate reviews of the device. It sucks, of course. The controller sucks. Didn't get a pro controller because the price sucks. The games suck. Nintendo sucks. You suck if you bought it and like it. Everything sucks.

Mario Kart World? Worst Mario Kart game, even the SNES one is better.

Battery life sucks, even if it's better than the Steam Deck.

Download speeds suck even if plenty tests show otherwise.

Everything needs an update! (Their claim)

Switch 1 games don't even run better on this (absolute nonsense)

And this will continue. These people will buy more games to produce even more hateful content. And people will watch it, encouraging this behaviour.

This is what the algorithm does to people. Hate and negativity wins. We loose.

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How is any sensible discussion about the merits or flaws of a system possible in such a space? It just isn't all it does is absolute polarisation in order to push algorithms to put the content in front of us. And we are pushed to mindlessly consume it, because that's all we are now. Consumers.

Fuck this. I hate it.

Addendum: If a person always looks so upset in a thumbnail of a video that you think he is anally probed, that's a red flag right there,

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@weebdeluxe algorythims can be very stupid tbh.

I mean I agree on the price being high for the whole package (especially Mario Kart being so expensive 🙄) Nintendo knows they can get away with it. And it will never get cheaper.

Though from what I hear from a technicals standpoint its a good step forward. (Also shows how much the switch 1 was struggeling). The situation with the sticks being likely to develop the same problem the first ones had is sad. but there is good stuff in those too.

The switch 2 seems to be more modular and that should help with repairs. Getting rid of the rails for the joycons seems good as well

@weebdeluxe “Even the SNES one is better”—what’s wrong with these people! Super Mario Kart was amazing.

@lordsplodge Nobody would say otherwise, but I honestly doubt it is fair to compare the two games.