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Post by vdcni on Nov 19, 2024 20:30:05 GMT
Yes the following feed was pretty much the same though the adverts got dodgier and the replies nastier so the worst of twitter was seeping through.
Bluesky is having a bit of a run at the moment thanks to Musk being so happy to amplify lies during both the UK and US election and now more official accounts like the Guardian are following. Nothing to do with not respecting election results or any other nonsense.
Creative and sports accounts are now showing up in greater number to join the journalists and political accounts. MPs were slower than political analysts but they are showing up now as well including the new leader of the opposition.
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Post by n1david on Nov 19, 2024 21:03:51 GMT
including the new leader of the opposition. The account that appeared a couple of days ago was a fake account, as was the Jenrick account that commented on it (both have now gone from the platform). There is obviously a risk at the moment that opportunists are grabbing accounts. Bluesky at the moment has no 'verification' process so it pays to be cautious around new accounts. But then, this is not much different to X where anyone with some cash can pretend to be anyone and get a blue tick. |
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Post by longinthetooth on Nov 19, 2024 21:36:39 GMT
I only use the "Following" Twitter feed (I refuse to call it 'X', I didn't join that) and have no problems, apart from the infernal adverts. I ignore most of them unless they are too persistent and annoying, in which case I block them. I don't read or engage in anything political or contentious and intend to keep it that way. I can't be bothered with Instagram or Facebook, although I'm on both. Sadly, though, most of the people I follow(ed) have emigrated to Threads or Bluesky (although they do sneak back to Twitter every so often).
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Bluesky
Nov 21, 2024 14:00:24 GMT
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Post by hannechalk on Nov 21, 2024 14:00:24 GMT
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Post by blamerobots on Dec 1, 2024 15:05:57 GMT
My Twitter has begun to take a very alarming right-wing conspiracy leaning (specifically a lot of UK nationalist rhetoric) and I'm not sure what's caused this because I barely interact with anyone other than posting dumb things or liking my friend's posts. I've moved completely to Bluesky now.
Not to be all conspiracy theory but the way it's taken such a sharp turn from what my feed used to be before (theatre and music technology stuff) to solely the most disgusting, vile things I have seen can't be just the work of an algorithm!
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Post by aspieandy on Dec 2, 2024 16:10:58 GMT
My Twitter has begun to take a very alarming right-wing conspiracy leaning (specifically a lot of UK nationalist rhetoric) and I'm not sure what's caused this because I barely interact with anyone other than posting dumb things or liking my friend's posts. I've moved completely to Bluesky now.
Not to be all conspiracy theory but the way it's taken such a sharp turn from what my feed used to be before (theatre and music technology stuff) to solely the most disgusting, vile things I have seen can't be just the work of an algorithm!
I am surprised at this. I'm sure you know anyway but I find the starting point is to be on the correct tab at the top ('Following' rather than 'For You'), and then it's up to you how actively you curate your feed.
Fwiw, there are people/orgs I'd like to follow but had to let go because they either post outside their core messaging or like/repost too much.
New people come, most I unfollow .. it's a process. I have found the addition of community notes useful on Twitter/X, and amusing - it's AI fact checking which appears under an originating post. Today it was asked about Biden pardoning his son and AI didn't mince its words, unlike the BBC this morning. Machine-based honesty is brutal.
If you want informed information across spectrums, the righteous people and subject-led orgs are all there.
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Bluesky
Dec 2, 2024 16:18:27 GMT
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Post by blamerobots on Dec 2, 2024 16:18:27 GMT
My Twitter has begun to take a very alarming right-wing conspiracy leaning (specifically a lot of UK nationalist rhetoric) and I'm not sure what's caused this because I barely interact with anyone other than posting dumb things or liking my friend's posts. I've moved completely to Bluesky now.
Not to be all conspiracy theory but the way it's taken such a sharp turn from what my feed used to be before (theatre and music technology stuff) to solely the most disgusting, vile things I have seen can't be just the work of an algorithm!
I am surprised at this. I'm sure you know anyway but I find the starting point is to be on the correct tab at the top ('Following' rather than 'For You'), and then it's up to you how actively you curate your feed.
Fwiw, there are people/orgs I'd like to follow but had to let go because they either post outside their core messaging or like/repost too much.
New people come, most I unfollow .. it's a process. I have found the addition of community notes useful on Twitter/X, and amusing - it's AI fact checking which appears under an originating post. Today it was asked about Biden pardoning his son and AI didn't mince its words, unlike the BBC this morning. Machine-based honesty is brutal.
If you want informed information across spectrums, the righteous people and subject-led orgs are all there.
I have it set for "Following" but ads of that kind still appear and as "recommended" under posts when I click into them. Even going into that it still peddles the algorithm regardless. |
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Post by aspieandy on Dec 2, 2024 17:23:29 GMT
oh ok, I don't see too many ads (AdBlock+).
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Post by n1david on Dec 2, 2024 19:12:49 GMT
I am surprised at this. I'm sure you know anyway but I find the starting point is to be on the correct tab at the top ('Following' rather than 'For You'), and then it's up to you how actively you curate your feed. Before I left Twitter I was getting Musk's tweets in my 'Following' feed even though I have never, ever followed him. |
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Post by aspieandy on Dec 3, 2024 1:03:08 GMT
Before I left Twitter I was getting Musk's tweets in my 'Following' feed even though I have never, ever followed him.
I have 3 accounts on 2 email addresses, and - I've just checked again - Musk's posts only on the one where I follow him.
I don't know what to say about that other than Musk released the entire Twitter algorithm; it's open source on github: github.com/twitter |
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Post by andrew on Dec 3, 2024 20:43:34 GMT
I have no empirical data to show on the subject, but I was a daily user of twitter since 2008, and whatever the cause of it was I can safely say the site went down the drain. I lived through the years of technical problems, a site with almost no features, the whale (god that stupid whale), the doubling of the character limit. It just became terrible.
The most noticeable moment of the trend was when premium features were launched. Any discussion on twitter was ruined by premium users being the first several (if not several hundred) replies displayed, and the people who bought premium were just never the people whose thoughts I wanted to see. The algorithm felt like it started to show me things that were designed to grab attention, shock me, anger me, rather than show me things that were interesting, or funny. I can't read the open source code so maybe there's nothing sinister behind that, but that's what happened.
I found myself hating the place, so I left. Bluesky has been like twitter was 10 years ago. I'm pleased that some people think it's still the amazing place it once was, but I just can't see that for myself, and I feel like I was there long enough to notice.
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Bluesky
Dec 3, 2024 21:20:24 GMT
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Post by blamerobots on Dec 3, 2024 21:20:24 GMT
oh ok, I don't see too many ads (AdBlock+). Same, but I mostly scroll thru twitter on my iPhone which regrettably doesn't have any Adblock  |
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