Elon Musk announces 'algorithm tweak' to tamp down 'negativity' on X
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It's hilarious to see Bluesky members say things like "It's so beautiful that there is no algorthmic feed on Bluesky and each comment is by somebody with a soul" (Well maybe I have a soul but my better half YOShInOn that posts with me doesn't [1])
I won't correct them, but the "Discover" tab Bluesky defaults to is very different from the "Following" tab. My rough estimate (N=200 or so) is that the Discover feed has about 1/4 the emotionally negative content that there is in following.
To stand Mastodon I need about 30 filters so I'm not overwhelmed with negativity, I haven't needed this for Bluesky because it has filters built in.
If you see the problem with "fake news" is that it is fake you need to create a god to tell truth from false. If you see that the problem is that it is emotionally negative and viral "news" you need SBERT + RNN + 10,000 well chosen training examples, though I think I'd have to back on Paxil if I had to curate a few thousands negative toots.
What an unhinged individual.