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

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190 points amichail | 3 comments | 20 Nov 24 12:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.518s | source
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hntempacct99 ◴[20 Nov 24 15:16 UTC] No.42194606[source]▶
From what I have seen using Bluesky this isn't true at all. It's brutally censored, even more than Twitter was in 2021. Or are there other relays and appviews I can use that aren't? Is there a comprehensive list of Bluesky infrastructure that isn't run by Bluesky themselves (excluding a PDS)? Or is it totally centralized for now?
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1. seneca ◴[20 Nov 24 15:25 UTC] No.42194690[source]▶
Agreed. I spent about 10 minutes on bsky before deciding it was a blatant, seemingly intentional, echo chamber and abandoned any interest.
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2. happytoexplain ◴[20 Nov 24 15:32 UTC] No.42194759[source]▶
10 minutes?? That sounds like only enough time to see "too many" opinions you disagree with and "not enough" that you agree with, which is the shallow definition of "echo chamber" (and probably the de facto definition at this point, unfortunately).
3. vehemenz ◴[20 Nov 24 15:42 UTC] No.42194886[source]▶
It was in the beginning, but it's gotten better as more people have joined. Of course, some people just claim "echo chamber" when there's not enough political extremism, which seems like a false equivalence.