▲ 858 ▼ Chances for the fediverse? Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves (www.politico.eu) submitted 1 year ago by tfm@europe.pub to c/fediverse@lemmy.world 158 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/372863 cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/61363 The right-wing billionaire’s platform has recently lost about 10 percent of its European user base.
[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 year ago (2 children) 3 is a feature to me. The "algorithms" seem to create bubbles, and I want to decide myself. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) and bluesky doesn’t have a default algorithm either, but allows you to subscribe to algorithms created by other people being able to choose how the information is presented is the way permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) That seems like a good way, to give the user the option. In your opinion, are these algorithms transparent enough to understand or even verify for regular users? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 point 1 year ago* yes and no… essentially they’re http services that people run, so they can either be closed or FOSS… i could see a future where there’s like those 1-click “run on ” on github pages and you can audit the code if you want, and self host they call them “feeds” if you’re interested in going deep permalink fedilink source parent [–] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Some people want to make social media account to browse illustration or photography. Unfortunately, that's not doable on fediverse. You follow anyone, and suddenly your feed filled with content that you are not interested in. Example: your favourite artist also post a lot of game screenshoot, but you're not interested in the games. You just want to see the illustration. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bufalo1973@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) You can follow hashtags and also block them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago Not everything is under hashtag. Most of artist I follow never put hashtag. Hashtag also not useful in multilanguage situation, where a hashtag can mean different think between communities and languages. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) and bluesky doesn’t have a default algorithm either, but allows you to subscribe to algorithms created by other people being able to choose how the information is presented is the way permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) That seems like a good way, to give the user the option. In your opinion, are these algorithms transparent enough to understand or even verify for regular users? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 point 1 year ago* yes and no… essentially they’re http services that people run, so they can either be closed or FOSS… i could see a future where there’s like those 1-click “run on ” on github pages and you can audit the code if you want, and self host they call them “feeds” if you’re interested in going deep permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) That seems like a good way, to give the user the option. In your opinion, are these algorithms transparent enough to understand or even verify for regular users? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 point 1 year ago* yes and no… essentially they’re http services that people run, so they can either be closed or FOSS… i could see a future where there’s like those 1-click “run on ” on github pages and you can audit the code if you want, and self host they call them “feeds” if you’re interested in going deep permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 point 1 year ago* yes and no… essentially they’re http services that people run, so they can either be closed or FOSS… i could see a future where there’s like those 1-click “run on ” on github pages and you can audit the code if you want, and self host they call them “feeds” if you’re interested in going deep permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Some people want to make social media account to browse illustration or photography. Unfortunately, that's not doable on fediverse. You follow anyone, and suddenly your feed filled with content that you are not interested in. Example: your favourite artist also post a lot of game screenshoot, but you're not interested in the games. You just want to see the illustration. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bufalo1973@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) You can follow hashtags and also block them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago Not everything is under hashtag. Most of artist I follow never put hashtag. Hashtag also not useful in multilanguage situation, where a hashtag can mean different think between communities and languages. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bufalo1973@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) You can follow hashtags and also block them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago Not everything is under hashtag. Most of artist I follow never put hashtag. Hashtag also not useful in multilanguage situation, where a hashtag can mean different think between communities and languages. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago Not everything is under hashtag. Most of artist I follow never put hashtag. Hashtag also not useful in multilanguage situation, where a hashtag can mean different think between communities and languages. permalink fedilink source parent