khairounNov 18, 2022
mhoye
If the revealed behaviours of the Twitter-Mastodon migration are any indication, being subject to arbitrary algorithmic moneyball does profound damage the human psyche. Algorithmic transparency is a mental health issue and nobody realizes it.
Nov 16, 2022 at 1:32pmWeb
Show threadmhoyeNov 17, 2022

I remember reading a few years ago that a sufficiently-compromised IoT-run house is indistinguishable from a haunting.

It's occured to me just now that the struggle of navigating a sufficiently algorithm-inflicted life will be indistinguishable from schizophrenia.

Show threadAppropriate TributesNov 18, 2022
@mhoye SCHIZOPHRENIAS FOR THE SCHIZOPHRENIA GOD
Show threadmhoyeNov 18, 2022
@godtributes no
Show threadEd SuominenNov 18, 2022

@mhoye My iOT devices use this one weird trick to stay secure: They run behind a firewall on Linux with software I wrote myself to do whatever they’re supposed to do.

No Amazon surveillance crap. No “privacy” policies.

Show threadmhoyeNov 18, 2022
@edsuom That's like saying that democracy is easy, I can write "vote for me" on a tissue and stuff it back in the tissue box. The fact that one person can solve a problem for one person doesn't make it a solved problem, and "being able to understand and make sense of the world around you" should not be a priesthood's privilege.
Show threadDMSCreationsNov 16, 2022

@mhoye you are absolutely right

all of the social media platforms have “guidelines“ but you can’t find them anywhere on the site so you’re left guessing
same thing with the algorithm what works one month suddenly no longer works

It’s terrible

Show threadTom PurlNov 16, 2022
@DMSCreations @mhoye There's a great book about this called "Weapons of Math Destruction" about the real-world consequences of hidden algorithms used at scale. People are literally getting fired for reasons that no person is allowed to explain.
Show threadDMSCreationsNov 16, 2022
@tompurl @mhoye I’ll have to check that out… Thank you
Show threadJosh JusticeNov 16, 2022

@mhoye I saw someone share on LinkedIn (where their identity as a business leader is known) a Twitter argument and they captioned it “Love everything about this, even the hate”.

“I love the hate” would be an excellent title for a book about Twitter.

Show threadChris [list of emoji]Nov 16, 2022

@mhoye

"Let's sabotage object permanence. Nothing could possibly go wrong with that."

Show threadmhoyeNov 16, 2022
@suetanvil It's actually worse than that, it's "tying object permanence to popularity" which is just a disaster as far as things like basic human dignity are concerned.
Show threadAppropriate TributesNov 16, 2022
@mhoye BASICS FOR THE BASIC GOD
Show threadmhoyeNov 16, 2022
@godtributes is this a comment about twitter too
Show threadKumar McMillanNov 16, 2022

@mhoye when I see people ask bait-y questions on the Fedi I want to say:

🌈 ✨ ☀️ You don’t have to game your feed for engagement points anymore ☀️ ✨ 🌈

Show threadAppropriate TributesNov 17, 2022
@mhoye INDICATIONS FOR THE INDICATION DRACULA
Show threadbgt loverNov 23, 2022
@mhoye what do you mean by algorithmic transparency? And yes, twitter and other big social media platforms are toxic, I can confirm that much at least.