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Jim SalterAn open letter to a billionaire. (Note: might be easier to read from the ALT tag than the image.) <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meta</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#facebook</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/algorithmicfeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#algorithmicfeeds</a>

Greg SlepakOther algorithmic feeds can be generated by the user themselves using a small self-hosted LLM. Users will be able to generate these feeds by simply speaking them into existence:The UI will show an input field, and the user will type what sorts of posts they want to see. E.g.: "Show me posts related to information security"Then, the server will pass every single post that goes through the server's "global timeline" through this LLM-based filter. The ones the filter approves get sent to this "algorithmic feed" (really just a list).This technique can make the concept of hashtags (like the ones below) obsolete.<a class="hashtag" href="https://crib.social/tag/fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://crib.social/tag/algorithmicfeeds" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#algorithmicfeeds</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://crib.social/tag/algorithmicfeed" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#algorithmicfeed</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://crib.social/tag/activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a>

Miguel Afonso Caetano"I'm not saying that it's a sin to read an algorithmic feed, but relying on algorithmic feeds is a recipe for feeling empty, and regretful of your misspent attention. This is true even when the algorithm is good at its job, as with Tiktok, whose whole appeal is to take your hands off the wheel and give total control over to the autopilot. Even when an algorithm makes many good guesses about what you'll like, seeing something you like isn't as nice, as pleasing, as useful, as seeing that same thing as the result of someone else's intention.And, of course, once you let the app drive, you become a soft target for the cupidity and deceptions of the app's makers. Tiktok, for example, uses its "heating tool" to selectively boost things into your feed – not because they think you'll like it, but because they want to trick the person whose content they're boosting into thinking that Tiktok is a good place to distribute their work through:"<a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/19/gimme-five/#jeffty" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/19/gimme-five/#jeffty</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AttentionEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AttentionEconomy</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Email</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSS</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Algorithms</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AlgorithmicFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlgorithmicFeeds</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AlgorithmicRecommendation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlgorithmicRecommendation</a>

Anders ThoressonI really appreciate the innovation that happens throughout <a href="https://thoresson.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> (on top of the protocols) at the moment. This is one great example; <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@phanpy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@phanpy</a>'s beta feature Catch Up.When you have been away from your <a href="https://thoresson.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> feed for a while, Catch Up lets you do just that. The most popular links followed by a different ways to filter and display other posts.I also think its a terrific showcase for why I want <a href="https://thoresson.social/tags/algorithmicfeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#algorithmicfeeds</a>: They are not a problem per se, only when they are opaque.

Danny Garside<a href="https://neuromatch.social/@kordinglab" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kordinglab</a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/@elduvelle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@elduvelle</a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/@manisha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@manisha</a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/@jonny" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jonny</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/@FroehlichMarcel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@FroehlichMarcel</a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/@NicoleCRust" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@NicoleCRust</a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/@PessoaBrain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@PessoaBrain</a> Have you tried <a href="https://fedifeed.herokuapp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://fedifeed.herokuapp.com/</a> or other experiments in <a href="https://social.coop/tags/AlgorithmicFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlgorithmicFeeds</a>? Early days but I like where it's going

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