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YES, this!!! so much better. and i also don’t believe for a second that there is better engagement on x or threads. people say shit like that to feed the outrage and hate.

@mmasnick.bsky.social I remember you quitting mastodon because of likewise "annoying people"

Blocked

Somehow my instagram feed is all cute dogs, musicians, and cooking. Somehow I lucked out on the algorithm

He’s as inescapable as those interstate billboard lawyers.

Yeah, but if you are a billionaire they should customize it for you!

Sorry, sorry, trying to fix.

How can I fix that Bluesky now keeps hiding replies from people, even when the replies seem just fine, based on a machine learning model that can't be disabled?

People choosing the algorithm over who they follow in a chronological feed is a huge tell.

@mmasnick.bsky.social I prefer Mastodon where there's no algorithm at all, just a chronological list of posts by people I choose to follow.

That is why I LOVE bluesky more than any other platform.

I must be lucky to be in the last generation that got used to actually finding interesting people and things to follow, rather than expecting the content machine will do it for me. Way too many are content to basically be those doughy blobby humans in ‘Wall-E’.

I know! Hell, you follow ONE interesting person who reposts other interesting people, then follow those people and see their reposts, and before you know it you’re following dozens to hundreds of peeps and your feed is so full you can barely keep up. It’s already super easy!

Was it Mark Cuban who makes sporadic visits here to post unpopular opinions, whine when he gets uncomfortable feedback, and then he complimented X as an alternative before running away?

The feed discovery tools are abysmal (even still; I was away for a year during the MS blackout). Tried making my own feeds, but the free feed generators show so little content. Bluesky Directory is helpful, but it shouldn't be so difficult to find and operate feeds on the native platform.

bsky.app/profile/alaj... i have tried other ones. idk how to 'fix' it.

Why would anyone WANT to be force-fed sewage by a machine? That is completely alien to me. It reminds me of the first time I saw a jukebox with a button that said, "Play the most popular selection on this jukebox" (late '80s) and I could not wrap my head around having no personal preferences.

Yes.The Algorithm I use is called Blockety-Block-Block Applied liberally, it works quite well.. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Incredible that there are people who prefer that Zuckerberg and Musk determine what they see in their social feeds.

Agree, and I will mention that I receive NONE of the horrible content that so many others report that they receive on "the other" social media app. I must be an exception, but it's clearly what I do and do not do that drives content.