All this means is that there isn't an algorithmic curator deliberately pumping trash that annoys you into your feed, and thus Captain Badposts can't engagement-hack it
Idly perused the mentions of an anti-block freak before blocking them, and noticed they were chatting with other anti-block freaks about "the algorithm" limiting the viewing power of people who block often...what algorithm my guys...
Maybe some people want an echo chamber. Maybe someone else wants the maximum daily amount of psychic damage theoretically possible. It's up to you and that's a reason to like it here.
I am unwilling to cede this argument to them. This place isn’t echoing only one set of ideas! We get new info on books and cocktails and spice mixes! I learn new vocabulary! I get tips on making my life better!
Excluding one kind of noxious thing doesn’t constitute an echo chamber!
I remember when Elon tried to force everyone to open twitter on the "For you" tab and people were so goddamned confused. Bluesky really does make it clear how bad twitter has gotten.
That's not a "progressive" problem, that's a "how people want to spend their time online" problem. And it's not one that I think gets better if you jam a bunch of unwelcome posts into someone's timeline the way twitter and threads do, either for advertising or ideological reasons
I think of capitalism less as a party and more as genocide.
I see gaggles of memes from left-skeeting capitalists who owe their comfort to an institution predicated on the anti-epistemological supposition that we have the capacity to perform freely-willed action.
I'm so glad I don't have to see Elon anymore here. I had blocked him 10 years ago on Twitter for being generally irritating, then muted keywords because he kept popping up everywhere on my timeline, and then the unthinkable happened, and then a MORE unthinkable happened, and now I have to stew in it
That term is another way to disparage the majority who think sanity may be the best way forward. The language that’s become acceptable to use against us has to be pointed out. Woke. Echo chamber. Snowflake. Before it was politically correct. Oh u mean sensitive to others ? Fuck yes I am for life
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Excluding one kind of noxious thing doesn’t constitute an echo chamber!
And I love the fact that it pisses them off royally
Their "worth" on BlueSky must burn their soul, because they know they have cheated for popularity, and now they can't
I see gaggles of memes from left-skeeting capitalists who owe their comfort to an institution predicated on the anti-epistemological supposition that we have the capacity to perform freely-willed action.
Yes, I pissed in the punch.
https://bsky.app/profile/iancurtin.bsky.social/post/3lb3k2l7dgk2f