Sure, I’ll give it a look!

Again, entirely fair. I think we generally agree - I just take slight issue with the notion that you can avoid using algorithms.

Twitter lets you do that too. If you don’t interact with the YouTube homepage, so does YouTube. But these platforms (including Bluesky) survive due to the vast majority of users continually finding new content to consume - which is what algorithms enable.

Again, Spotify. Their algorithm is what saves the app - everything else is bad product, but it’s successful anyway.

That’s fair. Still, I don’t think it is likely we’ll ever see a social media platform that doesn’t use any kind of algorithm out compete one that does.

Algorithms alone are not bad. They are simply vectors that allow people to discover new content. The issue now is in how they are implemented.

adjusting the algorithm to demote things like disinformation and grift, are some of the only real ways to fix algorithmic censorship. Unless there are much smarter people than me that better understand algorithms, who have better data on fixing such issues.

Ultimately, algorithms are that tool. The issue is that current algorithms promote certain kinds of content that lead to engagement above all else. “Brain rot” and “rage baiting”, etc etc.

I understand your point, that nobody will be happy with the outcome, but that doesn’t change the fact that…

creators, so that audiences have even more content to consume that will keep them engaged. These algorithms will not be removed because they are the foundation of social media platforms.

Just look at Spotify. Terrible company, everyone wants to leave, but no-one has a better algorithm.

Okay, but imagine you are a site like YouTube and you want people to use and stay on your platform. The way they do that is having an algorithm feed their audience content they think will interest them/keep them watching/not click away.

Similarly, they want people to be able to discover new…

You can’t avoid an algorithm, or remove them from platforms. They’re simply the way these massive, self sustaining organisms parse and display content.

You fix these issues not by removing them (which again, you cannot do), but by making them prioritise different qualities in content.

Just a reminder to double check any information you read online without a source - especially if it is something you believe on instinct.

(not the technical term)