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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.

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.