With Mastodon I seem to have the suboptimal choices, a home feed that’s narrow and monotonous, a local feed that is almost useful but not fully engaging, and a federated feed that is a bewildering hodgepodge of every topic and language on the planet.
Surely there are some approaches to decentralized preference algorithms that could serve the user experience rather than centralized manipulation.
One of my frustrations with Mastodon is how unintelligent the feed is. I’ve since learned that no preferential algorithm was a design choice. I get the desire to move away from manipulative click bait but zero Intelligence in the feed creates a completely unsatisfying experience.
What makes Twitter powerful is participating in the most interesting conversations within your community and society.
Mastodon's algorithm — Pierric's space
It's too late to delete your Twitter DMs. Even if the pre-Musk Twitter didn't save copies anyway -- even after you deleted them -- you can be certain that Musk has done so.
If it's true that he gave Weiss, an ideologue, direct access to internal systems, then you should assume the very worst from a privacy perspective.
Hello, FTC???
Did you know Monopoly was invented by a woman named Elizabeth Magie in 1903?
Originally ‘The Landlord’s Game,’ it was designed as a protest against the big monopolists like Carnegie & Rockefeller.
But it was Charles Darrow, an unemployed salesman, who eventually sold it to Parker Brothers after playing a version.
Parker Brothers credited Monopoly with saving their company. Magie died in 1948 without recognition. Darrow became very wealthy & his legend lives on. #history #women #HistoryRemix
@Sheril Agreed and doing that. Next month, I’m signing an agreement with the Squam Lake Conservation Society to permanently preserve 35 acres of wetlands and forest.
Let’s cherish this planet. Happy Thanksgiving
A History of Recent Twitter Migration to the Fediverse
1 month ago: Mastodon? No thanks. You have to have a Ph.D in Hackerology to use it.
3 weeks ago: I don't like this Mastodon... But if I have to... *sigh*
2 weeks ago: Wait. This does really cool things like let me edit posts. So genius. Is this free?
1 week ago: OMG! There's other apps! Now I know why there's a Fediverse!
Today: Comrades—let's fight for our freedom! Cast off the chains of Big Social!
Steven Beschloss
Dan Gillmor
Sheril Kirshenbaum
Chris Trottier