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Bluesky’s Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media #

I hardly ever open Bluesky but Jay Graber fascinates me

Poster's neurosis #

An old article, but I have been thinking about that lately.

Algorithms are breaking how we think #

Yes, he is clearly right about all of this.

The Open Source Torment Nexus #

Hm. I see where he's coming from and I think I agree. But I need to think about it a bit more.

Ep. 566: "My Talking Chair" - Roderick on the Line #

John and Merlin talk about something that has been bothering me, too - it's hard to find your tribe online these days because randos aren't fun potential friends anymore.

You don't need to be connected to the whole world #

Yes, sure. Some of the world is quite nice, though.

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers #

Ah, yes. Lovely headline.

Tim Minchin: ‘Maybe scrolling the traumas of the world is not in itself a moral act’ #

Minchin is such an interesting person. I went ahead and ordered the book immediately.

My Social Media in 2024 #

A nice companion piece to the "modernity is stupid" article I bookmarked before.

the Internet’s business model is betrayal. Every mature social media platform has betrayed us. Every big search engine has betrayed us.

My Glorious Ascension To Thought Leadership #

Amazing follow-up to the viral AI rant from a few days back

How social networks prey on our longing to be known #

Really good article on how things are at the moment.

Takes spread like wildfire #

Hm.

Likes* are the best #

Thumbs up

Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon's Toxicity #

Jesus Christ, what is wrong with these people

Rebecca Solnit: How to Comment on Social Media #

Oh wow. This is good.

Where have all the websites gone? #

These days its all meme accounts

If There Are No Stupid Questions, Then How Do You Explain Quora? #

This is probably the best headline of the month

The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams #

That doesn't make the bicycle guy look particularly good.

Omegle, the Site That Paired Strangers for Video Chats, Is Dead #

This is why we can't have nice things.

First-Gen Social Media Users Have Nowhere to Go #

It's a bit sad but yes. Sure, there's Mastodon but even there it doesn't just feel the same.

The poster’s guide to the internet of the future #

This is interesting. I didn't expect POSSE explained on The Verge in that much detail

The World’s Most Popular Painter Sent His Followers After Me Because He Didn’t Like a Review of His Work. Here’s What I Learned #

This is quite strange

Dear algorithm #

I'm not on threads (because Europe) but this is still highly amusing to me. I guess that's how religions start?

Instagram users accuse platform of censoring posts supporting Palestine #

Good grief.

Google shattered human connection #

I feel this loss of community online every day.

On Social Media, Lurkers, Introverts, and Blogging #

Absolutely. I do miss the short time when people just used the things we now call social media for fun but maybe it is okay the way it is right now.