ArghZombies

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Your default timeline view on Bluesky is just 'posts from the people you've chosen to follow, in date/time order'. That's the algorithm.

Everything else is optional and you can choose whatever other timelines or views you also want to see. If you only want to see the posts from people you follow then you don't need to subscribe to any other feeds / algorithms.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

This is pretty standard online though - even regular Google has settings like "Safe Search:On" that you can toggle to moderate your search results.

It really just depends on what the default settings are when you arrive at a service before you start using it, and how obvious and discoverable you make those settings controls.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well, that's the whole point of the whole thing. Bluesky is built on the AT Protocol, which will be federated early this year. https://bsky.social/about/blog/11-15-2023-toward-federation

I know everyone likes to shit on all Social Media that isn't called Mastodon, but that doesn't mean Mastodon is the only option. I am on both (and Twitter a bit still too) but Bluesky is where I spend most of my time.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (10 children)

I like it over there. Of all the Twitter alternatives I think it ticks the right boxes.

  • Decentralised
  • Low barrier to sign up
  • Not owned by a crazed billionaire
  • No ads
  • No popularity algorithm
  • Interesting features, like custom feeds and moderation lists

If they can bridge their AT Protocol with ActivityPub then I don't see why it can't take off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

It's more that it pops up in Image Searches all the time and it's almost always a useless example of what you're searching for.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (4 children)

It's like the text version of Pinterest.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago

Honestly, I'm so jaded with this government that I just assume anything they announce is either just a disraction away from whatever ghastly thing they're really doing or it's some culturewar bait to stir up trouble.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Well there's one obvious answer to all these - the dead awoke and left the graveyard en-masse. I've seen that happen in films.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Mastodon is great if you want a social media site that'll have people shout at you for not putting a Content Warning on a post about you eating a ham sandwich.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith. Get some of those Dazed & Confused vibes.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago (3 children)

All the advances in toothcare seems to be around fancier electric brushes or other gadgets, but regardless we've never been able to move away from 'brush for 2 minutes'. I want some fancy device I just bite down on and it zaps my whole mouth clean in 5 seconds.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't really think there are 'series' in the Mario saga. There's basically two streams of Mario game that have co-existed since Mario 64 - the 2D games and the 3D games.

Mario Wonder is the best 2D one I've played in years. Right back to SNES Mario World.

I'm more than happy to have more 2D ones like this.

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