Noted. You can go back to watching your favorite mainstream propaganda outlet.

Customizable feed algorithms: One of the best things about Lemmy is that users can choose their own algorithm for their home feed. My ideal platform would take this a step further by allowing users to customize their feed algorithms like in Bluesky.

Bluesky, a decentralized social media platform, has introduced a feature called “custom feeds” that allows users to choose their own algorithms[1][2][3]. This feature gives users the ability to subscribe to different algorithms or create their own algorithms for others to follow[1]. The goal is to provide users with more control over their social media experience and address concerns about algorithmic manipulation[1][2][3].

Currently, creating a custom feed on Bluesky requires some technical knowledge, but the platform plans to make it easier for users to create custom feeds in the future[1]. The ability to choose different algorithms for feeds gives users more ownership and control over the content they see[2]. This feature is seen as a defining aspect of Bluesky and aligns with its decentralized approach[2].

Bluesky’s vision is to replace the traditional “master algorithm” controlled by a single company with an open and diverse “marketplace of algorithms”[3][4]. The platform aims to enable the developer community to bring new algorithms to users quickly and effortlessly[4]. By embracing third-party development and customizable feed generation, Bluesky seeks to empower users and provide transparency and control over algorithmic choices[4].

The custom feeds feature is available in the latest version of Bluesky’s mobile apps and web client, but the platform is currently invite-only[3]. Users can try this feature if they already have an account or receive an invite code[3].

Overall, Bluesky’s custom feeds with user-customizable algorithms offer a unique approach to social media and aim to give users more control and transparency in their online experiences[1][2][3][4].

Citations: [1] https://www.engadget.com/bluesky-now-lets-you-choose-your-own-algorithm-183824105.html [2] https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-my-feeds-custom-algorithms/ [3] https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/26/23739174/bluesky-custom-feeds-algorithms-twitter-alternative [4] https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/3-30-2023-algorithmic-choice [5] https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/28/as-threads-soars-twitter-rival-bluesky-adopts-a-new-personalized-algorithmic-feed/ [6] https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/26/bluesky-feeds-custom-algorithms/

I can confirm that the Opera method works. I couldn’t create an account before but I’ve managed to create the account using the built-in VPN of the Opera browser. Here’s an example of a Python script written with Claude 2 that GPT-4 wouldn’t have enough context for, https://lemm.ee/post/2595655 Really impressive.

Oh yeah I was thinking more along the lines of video games or movies where there are too many people creating it. For books, etc you can definitely donate.

There should be a way to pay only the workers when you buy something. In that case, you could pay them but only after pirating and making sure you enjoy it. Since there is nothing like that, I think you should pay only content from small creators. Big creators already have plenty, and paying for anything else just gives money to greedy executives who then lower the quality of the content to make more money. Of course, if you have the means and don’t pay anything, you are just making sure there will be less of that content made in the future. It isn’t scalable; if everybody pirated content without paying a single cent, there would be no content made except by hobbyists who don’t want to make a living out of it.

I really like to see communities like lemmy.film, mtgzone.com, and programming.dev and wish there was an instance about literature.

I know about https://programming.dev and https://mtgzone.com I wish there were one about gaming and another about fanfiction

Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor and government whistleblower, has been credited with the quote “Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say”. Snowden has argued that privacy is a fundamental right and that without it, individuals cannot have anything for themselves. The “nothing to hide” argument has been used to defend the collection and use of government data beyond surveillance and disclosure, but critics argue that it is inherently paradoxical and that what is hidden is not necessarily relevant. Snowden has also stated that the burden of justification falls on those seeking to infringe upon human rights, and that nobody needs to justify why they “need” a right.

This has already been mentioned a few times. Just find the relevant issue on GitHub and give it an upvote.

• The rank of a post in the aggregated feed should be inversely proportional to the size of the community #1026
• Weighted Community Subscription for Customized Feed #3518
• Balance Instance Scores Based on Monthly Active Users #3642

I don’t know there is a lemmy-stats-crawler utility that does it automatically and produces a json file. So all I do is parse that json file to get the numbers.

Depending on which instances are blocked you will see different content in ones or others. Which is why I choose instance based on the minimum number of blocked users based on the results of this script.

Maybe get your country to have a higher democracy index than china before criticizing them?

https://www.newsweek.com/most-china-call-their-nation-democracy-most-us-say-america-isnt-1711176

I knew I recognized him from somewhere. He was the developer of lib.reviews. https://github.com/eloquence

The one I like most is YouTube, where it shows everything from the last few days and then only the most popular content from the last few weeks, months, and even years. I would like something similar, where the further I browse, the more votes a post must have to show up in the feed.

I would like if URLs were SEO friendly and you could search by community from a search engine like site:instance.com/community_name

This should have been the way it was implemented from the beginning until the built-in search was half as good as the search engine.

I believe Claude 2 is the best LLM option currently, if you live in the US or UK or have a VPN.

I’m still waiting for a local autonomous AI agent with search. I don’t understand why most autonomous agent projects use GPT-4 without incorporating search capabilities. Allowing the model to continuously hallucinate is not productive. Instead, it should be able to discover factual information and perform genuinely useful tasks.

why don’t you post this in a us community. I don’t give a shit about this.

I think this could be very valuable for the community and the Lemmy devs. However, I believe to be successful, there needs to be a volunteer(s) who “sync” the community to the GitHub issues. We could automate this but that would make the situation worse. Here’s how I could imagine this working:

When a new feature or bug is posted, the mod determines if this is duplicated or not. If so, they will reply to the post with a link to the previous post and lock the current one. If it is truly new, the community can vote and comment. After a week or so, if the community supports the new feature or fixing the bug, the mod will open a new GitHub issue with a summary of the community discussion and link to the discussion.

This is a lot of work for the mods, but I believe it would really add value for both the Lemmy community and the devs.

https://lemmy.sdf.org/comment/1061832

Great idea! Now, I don’t know any of the Github collaborators’ handles on Lemmy, so all I can do is tell the devs and let them inform the collaborators. @[email protected] @[email protected]