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Tough pill: Yesterday on twitter the algorithm served me thoughtful debate about cybersecurity, AI safety research, and the distinction between them. And the algorithm here drew me into a fight over whether one person can use AI to make a prototype for a difficult feature in software they give away.

2/9/26, 9:57 am0 reposts2 likes

🐜 🍯 Anth-“unholy” Becker

@anthonybecker.bsky.social

2 Sept

Hi Nick. Sorry you experienced that.

Andy Gocke

@agocke.bsky.social

2 Sept

bsky doesn’t have an algorithm. It’s just the people you follow, in order. We gotta appreciate that mobs don’t need an algorithm and there isn’t a technical fix

Phillip Carter

@phillipcarter.dev

2 Sept

For You is a god alternative

Nick Guerrera

@nguerrera.dev

2 Sept

Bluesky does have an algorithm. Comes baked with Discover.

Nick Guerrera

@nguerrera.dev

2 Sept

But yeah I would have seen this one just from who I follow. I regret mixing algorithm into my point, it isn’t actually relevant.

Mary Branscombe

@marypcbuk.bsky.social

2 Sept

which of the 1000+ algorithms here did you choose that drew you into a fight? and how thoughtful can the debate about cybersecurity be when it's among people who are missing the massive cybersecurity issues of *being on X*? twitter is dead BTW, maybe stop pretending it's still the same thing

Steve

@noslracs.bsky.social

2 Sept

Sounds like you ideologically align with the other platform more. There's plenty of good development and cybersecurity conversation that happens here, with a healthy amount of AI skepticism because the reality is the tech causes real harm. Chiding bsky for not bowing to tech overlords is a choice.

Nick Guerrera

@nguerrera.dev

2 Sept

The truth is I feel homeless now. I left Twitter for 3 years because I couldn’t stand what happened there. I am not actually even a little bit AI shill, but there are really meaningful conversations on AI and safety happening on Twitter and I haven’t found them as much here yet. I’ll keep looking.

Mary Branscombe

@marypcbuk.bsky.social

2 Sept

try the AI knowers list as a place to start; the actual difference here is you have to put some work into finding the right space here because there is no single algorithm

Steve

@noslracs.bsky.social

2 Sept

Honest answer is you might not find it here. There's plenty of technical folks around but most, not all, skew anti-AI. I generally engage on the technical aspects of AI on Reddit, and join the folks here for the social impact, lementing on how it's used and the over-saturation of data centers.