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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: 0.208s | source
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grishka ◴[20 Nov 24 16:09 UTC] No.42195272[source]▶
> The use of algorithms to filter information has become the norm because chronologically presenting information from followers creates a confusing morass for the average user to process.

Can't disagree more. Call me old-fashioned but I hate any algorithms at all meddling with what I see. If I follow someone, I want to see their posts, all of them, without exceptions. If I don't follow someone, I only want to see their posts if they were knowingly reposted by someone who I do follow. If I want some posts filtered from my feed, I'll set up word filters myself, thank you very much.

It's a recurring theme in the modern IT industry that "the average user" can't be trusted to take their own responsibility. It's sometimes taken as an indisputable truth, even. Why does this keep happening? What can I do to put an end to this?

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1. pessimizer ◴[20 Nov 24 16:22 UTC] No.42195452[source]▶
> chronologically presenting information from followers creates a confusing morass for the average user to process.

This was simply a lie press released by Facebook, and endlessly repeated uncritically. Facebook became Facebook with a chronological feed. It began to manipulate the feed because it was profitable and the government didn't object. That confused the hell out of people for years, when they couldn't figure out why their aunt posted something that never showed up.

And after that, social media transformed into something other than keeping track of your family and friends because of the paid injections of crap.