Year of the Linux Desktop Fediverse!

Side note, DAE find calling them “normies” kinda icky? It’s like straight outta 4chan

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    15 hours ago

    I like the fediverse because there’s no algorithm feeding me crap.

    But from all the memes I’ve seen about people’s “Chinese spy” perfecting their feed. I guess normal people love the algorithm

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      4 hours ago

      I don’t think algorithms are inherently bad, honestly I think the lack of an algorithm holds the fediverse back. On lemmy, sorting by popular creates an okish feed, enough to familiarize yourself with different comms, but on mastodon and the like, it can feel empty. While algorithms are associated with corporatism, an opt in adapted to fediverse sensibilities algorithm, could make some fedi apps more accessible.

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      10 hours ago

      That is definitely the appeal. My friends who use apps with algorithms like tik tok tell me that is the reason they use the apps. I can’t blame them. Those algorithms showed me loads of obscure musical artists that are still my favorite today (and that is a good thing for indies/small businesses who don’t have much money for ad spaces). There is a lot of good reasons for algorithms like that, the problem is the data necessary to make them work and what other stuff they do with it.