Alex Heath

@alexeheath
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Deputy Editor at The Verge and author of Command Line, a weekly newsletter about the tech industry's inside conversation. http://alexeheath.com/

PSA: I’m federating from Threads, follow here for more regular posts: @alexheath

Alex HeathMar 25, 2024
Alex HeathMar 25, 2024
PSA: IG and Threads are now "limiting" the recommendation of political content (from accounts you don't follow) by default. You can turn it off in settings: https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/25/24111604/meta-setting-downranks-politics-instagram-threads
Meta’s new setting shadow bans politics on Instagram and Threads

How to find a new opt-out setting in Instagram that “limits” the recommendation of political content from accounts you don’t follow in both Instagram and Threads.

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Show threadAlex HeathMar 21, 2024

@Gargron @Gargron ah, I see. yes, hopefully this is a rising tides lifts all boats scenario

for me, posting from Threads makes sense for foreseeable future unless everything becomes federated by default and audience size really is the same. I’m skeptical that will happen though

Alex HeathMar 21, 2024
@pgiulan for a broadcast social network, I would argue it actually is everything
Show threadAlex HeathMar 21, 2024

@Gargron right, ideally I will be able to control my federated account here as well as in Threads

Your challenge will be competing as an app experience with the greater scale Threads provides, I’m going to want to post on / through the network with the most eyeballs as will most people

Show threadAlex HeathMar 21, 2024
@Gargron I don’t see reach being the same, Threads is much larger than this app. Ideally my accounts can merge over time and it doesn’t matter?
Alex HeathMar 21, 2024

PSA: I have started federating my Threads posts via @alexheath, which means they should now be visible on here, though I can’t reply to / follow Mastodon users from Theads yet.

My posts will be at that profile going forward, and hopefully I’ll soon be able to redirect this account to avoid any confusion.

Alex HeathNov 18, 2023

reporting notes on the OpenAI debacle from last night’s newsletter:
- A coup led from the research side of the house
- Altman has been looking at outside biz endeavors for a bit now
- My hunch is that was announced at DevDay last week played a role
- OpenAI probably about to look a lot less commercial

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/17/23966446/what-happened-to-sam-altman-open-ai

What happened to Sam Altman?

The face of the AI boom has been fired from OpenAI. What comes next is anyone’s guess.

The Verge
Show threadAlex HeathNov 8, 2023
@jlward to be honest, I mostly post on here vs consume.. I would say @dcseifert is our biggest Mastodon stan in Verge Slack
Alex HeathNov 8, 2023

Sam Altman's advice to devs building on OpenAI's new bot platform:

“I think, on the whole, most developers will be happy for the additional distribution that ChatGPT provides for what they create. But as we say, don’t build a thin wrapper on top of OpenAI. We are planning to build the obvious features that you would expect for a robust platform over time, and there is an enormous value to build.”

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/7/23951673/openai-chatgpt-store-ai-devday

OpenAI wants to be the App Store of AI

The creator of ChatGPT is taking a big swing with its new store for AI bots. Are we witnessing the beginning of a new platform?

The Verge
Alex HeathNov 5, 2023
OpenAI DevDay tomorrow? Who else going?