New #blog #post: Gratitude Day 8: Unsung Heroes, Human and Algorithmic

https://rldane.space/gratitude-day-8-unsung-heroes-human-and-algorithmic.html

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This is just a really brief blurb/header announcing the sub-theme for the next few days.
This is gonna be fun!

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @stfn

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #SeptemberTheme #SeptemberBloggingTheme #SepThemeBear #SeptemberGratitude #gratitude #thankfulness #algorithms #compSci #heroes #algorithmic

Every street looks the same and every hit song is interchangeable with the next. Lauren Leek writes for her newsletter about how algorithms are flattening everything into sameness, and how they could be regulated.

https://flip.it/Ky1VGJ

#Culture #Algorithms #Technology

FACEBOOK IS TOXIC. META IS AWFUL.
WHY CONTINUE FEEDING IT? 💎

Nearly everyone complains about Facebook and Meta.

The algorithms are toxic.

The advertising is invasive.

The outrage is manufactured.

CHILDREN ARE BEING HARMED.

Privacy is disappearing.

And then millions of people open Facebook or Instagram.

Again.

And again.

I genuinely do not understand it.

If you believe these companies are damaging children, manipulating attention, and making billions from human vulnerability, why are you still giving them your presence?

Especially the parents.

If Facebook and Instagram are unhealthy for your children, what exactly are you modeling by remaining there yourself?

“We know this place is harmful, darling, but Mummy and Daddy have photographs to look at.”

I left Meta years ago.

I didn’t die.

My friends did not evaporate.

Civilization continued.

There is email.

There are phones.

THERE IS THE OPEN WEB.

There is even the terrifying possibility of seeing another human being, god forbid, in person.

Meta survives because people who complain about it continue supplying exactly what it needs:

Their attention.

Their relationships.

Their outrage.

THEIR CHILDREN.

You do not have to wait for Zuckerberg to become a better person.

You can simply leave today.

The door swings both ways.

@DigitalCoup
@economics_that_works

#Facebook #Meta #Instagram #SocialMedia #Algorithms #BigTech #DigitalWellbeing #OnlineSafety #ChildSafety #Privacy #AttentionEconomy #TechEthics #SocialMediaAddiction #Zuckerberg #DeleteFacebook

There is more then Generative AI / LLMs , nice article about this,
"The important skill is not always choosing the newest model. It is choosing the right model for the problem."
https://www.kdnuggets.com/7-machine-learning-algorithms-that-still-matter
#AI #MachineLearning #Python #algorithms

What do your opinions of Ronaldo and Messi say about your politics? Nieman Lab interviewed Saifuddin Ahmed, lead author of a study that used the two star footballers to look at how social media shapes preferences.

https://flip.it/H..mNp

#SocialMedia #Algorithms #Soccer

A tip for users of our experimental instance mementomori.social:

You can enable the algorithmic "For you" feed from the top right corner of the Home feed. When you turn it on, it will instantly switch to a ranked feed that prioritizes posts based on who you follow, who you comment on, and what you like or boost. If you also toggle on "Include posts from people you don't follow," you'll see trending content across the Fediverse based on your interests.

Unlike Trending tab, For you -feed is personal. The logic is similar to pre-Musk Twitter but user-focused and not corporate-owned.

The Trending tab remains unchanged, and /explore shows posts from roughly the past 6-12 hours, with a strong focus on the most recent ones. A post that gets massive engagement might stick around a bit longer, but most cycle out within half a day. Your own For you page changes every time you click the menu, refresh the page, or return.

This is ongoing, experimental work. The PR draft and source code are available here: https://github.com/mementomori-social/mastodon/pull/4

#MementoMoriSocial #Mastodon #MastoAdmin #OpenSource #BuildInPublic #Algorithm #AlgorithmicFeed #Algorithms

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A screenshot of For You feed in Mastodon