social media
Feeds and the platforms that rank them: what an algorithm decides is important, and what curating your own sources costs.
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- FC
François Chollet quoted
Their wordsAn increasing fraction of social media consists of slop influencers using AI to make posts and bots replying to them. An echo of an echo of an echo
- 4 weeks earlier
- DH
David Heinemeier Hansson quoted
Their wordsWhat's broken now on the social platforms is that my followers don't see anything I post unless it goes medium viral. Because everyone is now in the algorithmic feed.
↗DHH: How to Build a Profitable Company Without Losing Controlyoutube.com 10th of 15 in this recording
- 5 months earlier
- LF
Lex Fridman quoted
Their wordsmy criticism of MoltBook is that I believe a lot of the stuff that was screenshotted is human prompted. Which, just look at the incentive of how the whole thing was used. It’s obvious to me at least that a lot of it was humans prompting the thing so they can then screenshot it and post it on X in order to go viral.
↗OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet - Peter Steinberger | Lex Fridman Podcast #491youtube.com 3rd of 30 in this recording
- 4 months earlier
- PD
Pavel Durov quoted
Their wordsSo it's extremely important to curate the information sources that you have, so that you wouldn't be somebody who is left to the will of AI-based algorithmic feed telling you what's important so that you end up consuming the same information, the same stuff, the same memes, the same news as everybody else.
↗Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482youtube.com 3rd of 28 in this recording
- LF
Lex Fridman quoted
Their wordsOne of the ways to achieve freedom of thought is to remove your mind from the influences, the forces that manipulate you. That’s really important to realize the content you consume, especially on the internet, when a large percentage of it is designed to manipulate your mind. You have to disconnect yourself.
↗Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482youtube.com 10th of 28 in this recording
- PD
Pavel Durov quoted
Their wordsThe investigation itself should have never been started. It's an absurd and harmful way of solving an issue such as complicated as regulating social media. It is just the wrong tool.
↗Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482youtube.com 14th of 28 in this recording
- 14 months earlier
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Jakob Nielsen quoted
Their wordsRight now, they can make simple social media posts for small companies and individual influencers. Two years from now, they can make simple campaigns and tradeshow collateral for mid-sized businesses. And in 10 years, I bet that even the richest brand will rely heavily on these tools.
- 8 years earlier
- DS
Derek Sivers quoted
Our readingThe feeds businesses design to be addictive are obstacles to anyone whose aim is to make something.
Their wordsEvery business wants to get you addicted to their infinite updates, pings, chats, messages, and news. But if what you want out of life is to create, then those are your obstacles.