Shibaprasad Bhattacharya @shibaprasad@social.cleverlibre.org

@trinsec

LGBTQ have a long history of being shamed, and being stuck "in the closet" out of shame and fear... the use of the term "pride" is a counter to that, it isnt about being prideful of who you are, it is about having enough pride to not be ashamed of it.

@icedquinn

The irony of people blogging about the promise of a decentralized, open, more ethical web on fucking Substack

People Are Getting Threatening Calls For Loans That They Didn't Take

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I am Priya. I am interested in all things beautiful and sentimental. Some of them are- photography, reading poems, watching films, making silly jokes, drinking coffee, throwing cozy house parties, buying flowers, exploring neighbourhoods, experimenting with makeup, skincare, fitness, going down rabbit holes of conspiracy theories and music and learning new things.
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The moderators of r/IAmA say they will no longer coordinate celebrity AMAs and Reddit "has all the funds they need to hire people" for tasks done by volunteers (Jay Peters/The Verge)

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/1/23781306/reddit-moderators-iama-celebrity-ama
http://www.techmeme.com/230702/p1#a230702p1

Dear Twitter people. Lots of us were once Twitter people too. This place will not spoon-feed you. Passive participation doesn’t work here. This is a very active and buzzing place, but unless you FOLLOW people and INTERACT, it will pass you by.

Follow people. Lots of them. You can always remove them later. But really, follow early, follow often.

Welcome to the fediverse, my friends from twitter and Reddit.

summer fashion

In the discussion on algorithmic content delivery there seems to be a different side of it missed. Algorithms don't have to be used to smartly give you more content, they can also smartly choose what to display if you want less of it.

If you follow people who post a lot but only a part of their posts interests you as much as others', a pure chronological timeline is very sub-optimal. An algorithm can make you a timeline that prioritises the kinds of posts you like and de-prioritises ones you don't, so you get maximum value per watched posts, decreasing as the important new posts run out and the less important ones get presented. This can reduce FOMO of "I'm sitting here for a long time but haven't caught up on all the posts of my favourite people". This is something I remember Twitter doing pretty well, except of course with also inserting random crap it thinks you'd like in-between.

Furthermore, it doesn't have to be a learning algorithm that requires tracking your data, it can be a "dumb" one that simply has priorities set based on some qualifiers (author, keywords, the like) and creates a mix of mostly higher priority posts with some lower priority ones. It can all be configurable.

The fediverse with its open nature allowing one to choose their servers, clients and if they appear algorithms has a big potential for better UX that we're refusing by the allergic reaction to any mention of algorithms.

#fedi #meta

@shibaprasad Haha, I was looking to follow creators primarily but anyone who likes podcasts is definitely a homie, my homie!

Glad to have met you in the #fediverse!! :)

Did no one from Manipur reach out to Modi, who managed to stop the Ukraine-Russia war just to evacuate Indian students, or Yogi, who presumes the world reaches out to him to enforce law and order?

They could have at least volunteered themselves in the interest of India, no?