Comment by _heimdall

Comment by _heimdall 2 days ago

> That's just means you're effectively acting as a moderator yourself, only with a whitelist

Agreed, though when you are your own moderator that really is more about informed consent or free will than moderation. Moderation, at least in my opinion, implies a third party.

> And how did you discover those feeds in the first place? Or find new ones?

The same way I make new friends. Recommendations from those I already trust, or "friend of a friend" type situations. I don't need an outside matchmaker to introduce me to people they think I would be friends with.

jryle70 a day ago

Well, then the risk is that you build your own bubbles of likeminded people. Maybe that's all you need, may be not.

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_heimdall a day ago

Anecdotal, but I feel like I've done a better job curating diverse opinions in my feed than any algorithm has.
Surely an algorithm focused on that would best me, but the only ones out there today are only motivated by selling ad space and data. Its a bit of an unfair fight today since that isn't my goal, but I don't expect anyone to fund a social media platform with similar goals to mine in their algorithm.

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1shooner a day ago

There is much more diversity of perspective among friends and colleagues than there is in my algorithmic social media feed. This is the whole problem: we no longer see perspectives we respect but don't share.

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