Just yesterday I was thinking about how, when social media platforms rolled out algorithms, everyone was like “we don’t want that.” And they were like “no no, trust us, the data says you do; it’ll be great.” Now not only are the algorithms not great, they sucked the life out of everything
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Paris Marx
from @caseyjohnston.bsky.social, worth considering
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I’d see nearly most of my followers posts & those I followed.
Then came the big accts & the algorithm. There’s 1 particular acct from X I begged to come to @support.bsky.team
I regret it every day bc in 4 mths, I haven’t seen 1 post.
But the calculator app. I’m defending the calculator. Maybe because I’m an accountant :)
The point really is that it’s harder to get pulled in a TikTok rabbit hole on a TI-84 than a smartphone.
As Marie Condo once said, if it does not bring joy (or purpose), give it thanks and put it away.
It's lots better than Apple or Google at walking or cycling directions as it knows what are actual bike/walk routes are rather than using streets it's driven.
I got enough of that from my parents & my toxic religion
Not algorithmically based.
It does show you posts from friends in the chronological format in ‘Discover’ tab as well as just random users but it doesn’t exactly do it through an algorithm.
Omfg get away from me pls https://bsky.social/about/blog/3-30-2023-algorithmic-choice I don't want what you have