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Bluesky is ushering in a pick-your-own algorithm era of social media

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190 points amichail | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 12:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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dkobia ◴[20 Nov 24 15:03 UTC] No.42194488[source]▶
Advertising incentivizes engagement driven content amplification which is usually best manifested in outrage unfortunately. On Twitter (X), Instagram, TikTok, it seems any minute signal (view, like, scroll, linger) algorithmically retunes your posts to maximize engagement, which is the root of all the problems.
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1. PittleyDunkin ◴[20 Nov 24 15:21 UTC] No.42194648[source]▶
I can't speak to twitter and instagram, both of which seem to be terribly confused about what sort of content I like, but this works very well for narrowly tailoring TikTok videos to be content I appreciate.