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bleaksqueak · 1 day ago

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It is so unbelievably frustrating how the algorithm timeline keeps defaulting in a place that has been free of algo bullshit for so long. I cannot tell if it’s a glitch or if they’re just pushing it intentionally. It’s at least easy to go back to the following feed, but with bluesky users more and more depending on the discover feed and tumblr defaulting to the algorithm timeline it just feels like ‘be twitter’ is the shitty destiny being pushed everywhere.

Important video anyone should give a watch:

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#i hate algorithms as a creator and as a viewer #community and engagement always tank when algo shit gets pushed hard #trolls start showing up #reply guys flock #and thats usually just if you’re lucky and the algo likes you #if it doesn’t good luck existing #no truer way to scream into a void than an algorithm #also younknow the whole mess it has in the hand of radicalizing people #all it ever takes is liking one post you might agree with and its a steady stream of machine selected click content #a great post on bluesky recently was from an artist who said they realized they’d stopped ever even looking at art without realizing it #because surely enough the algorithms had slow boiled the lobster #until their twitter feed was nothing but a stream of rage bsit doom and anger #this video does a fantastic job of explaining why this shit is toxic for the soul and beyond #Youtube #also to clarify what i mean about radicalizing— i mean the brainwashing and astroturfing creating the mess we live in today #algorithms don’t just suck the soul out of communities like art and fandom #it’s legit a tool of harm

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