smeger
@smeger.bsky.social
Creating Spiffdiddlicious Software Since Before You Began Paying Attention
Wooooow, I was a very early user!
September 21, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Wooooow, I was a very early user!
So I love that cartoon and game artists are doing their thing! And that dudes are showing hog! But is there ANY Bluesky feed that’s not 98% those three things?
No judgement implied, they’re just not what I’m looking for! And they are PERVASIVE and I’ve muted 100s of people for bad-feeling reasons.
No judgement implied, they’re just not what I’m looking for! And they are PERVASIVE and I’ve muted 100s of people for bad-feeling reasons.
March 19, 2024 at 6:55 PM
So I love that cartoon and game artists are doing their thing! And that dudes are showing hog! But is there ANY Bluesky feed that’s not 98% those three things?
No judgement implied, they’re just not what I’m looking for! And they are PERVASIVE and I’ve muted 100s of people for bad-feeling reasons.
No judgement implied, they’re just not what I’m looking for! And they are PERVASIVE and I’ve muted 100s of people for bad-feeling reasons.
Haha YES McSweeney’s! Love this shit. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...
We Wrote Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment, and We Damn Well Meant What We Said
Constitutional Framers here. We’re just sending a little missive to clear up some confusion. We hear there’s been a bit of hullabaloo regarding the...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 29, 2023 at 10:56 AM
Haha YES McSweeney’s! Love this shit. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...
This is a very accurate read that’s also entertaining despite its depressing topic.
I wrote about our dark, chaotic, almost-optimistic year of watching Elon Musk shit all over everything at Twitter.
faineg.substack.com/p/our-year-o...
faineg.substack.com/p/our-year-o...
Our Year of Watching Elon Musk Ruin Absolutely Everything At Twitter
what have we learned from this year of watching Elon Musk repeatedly, endlessly fail?
faineg.substack.com
November 8, 2023 at 5:21 AM
This is a very accurate read that’s also entertaining despite its depressing topic.
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The data was indeed super clear that algorithmic was preferred when I was working in this industry. But I think most algorithms suffer from what I call a “no novelty bias”. They figure out what cluster you’re in and show you stuff from ONLY that cluster.
The thing that kills me is that people preferring [something non-chrono] is so obvious if you've done this work AND YET every conversation about the harms of specific algorithmic acceleration instantly gets bogged down by nerds saying they really love chrono feeds. I TOO USE CHRONO but jeeeeesus.
August 26, 2023 at 12:14 PM
The data was indeed super clear that algorithmic was preferred when I was working in this industry. But I think most algorithms suffer from what I call a “no novelty bias”. They figure out what cluster you’re in and show you stuff from ONLY that cluster.
The data was indeed super clear that algorithmic was preferred when I was working in this industry. But I think most algorithms suffer from what I call a “no novelty bias”. They figure out what cluster you’re in and show you stuff from ONLY that cluster.
The thing that kills me is that people preferring [something non-chrono] is so obvious if you've done this work AND YET every conversation about the harms of specific algorithmic acceleration instantly gets bogged down by nerds saying they really love chrono feeds. I TOO USE CHRONO but jeeeeesus.
August 26, 2023 at 12:14 PM
The data was indeed super clear that algorithmic was preferred when I was working in this industry. But I think most algorithms suffer from what I call a “no novelty bias”. They figure out what cluster you’re in and show you stuff from ONLY that cluster.
Took awhile but the linked apology and explanation seems totally fine (to my privileged white ass, at least!).
Last week, users reported an account that used a slur as its handle. We’re sorry that this handle slipped through. Our Black community deserved better. As an open social network, we strive to be transparent. Read this for more details. https://bsky.app/profile/safety.bsky.app/post/3k35dxtz2e22h
On July 12, an incident led to the implementation of a combined automated and human filtering system for user handles. This letter to the community describes what happened and what we’re going to do moving forward:
https://blueskyweb.xyz/reports/2023-07-22-letter
https://blueskyweb.xyz/reports/2023-07-22-letter
July 23, 2023 at 1:20 PM
Took awhile but the linked apology and explanation seems totally fine (to my privileged white ass, at least!).
Just got the upgrade email about Kaleidoscope 4. Instantly subscribed - such a great tool!
June 1, 2023 at 6:23 PM
Just got the upgrade email about Kaleidoscope 4. Instantly subscribed - such a great tool!
I worked on iOS @ Twitter for 5 years. Whenever we shipped *anything*, everyone hated it, like we’d personally insulted their family or something. It was really disconcerting for awhile, until I realized it’s just how people are, and that being vocal means they *care* about what I’m shipping.
i’ve never seen a platform before where the users so actively bully and troll the creators. even moot had more sway
May 31, 2023 at 9:06 PM
I worked on iOS @ Twitter for 5 years. Whenever we shipped *anything*, everyone hated it, like we’d personally insulted their family or something. It was really disconcerting for awhile, until I realized it’s just how people are, and that being vocal means they *care* about what I’m shipping.
I continue to love the emphasis on human power dynamics in what Bluesky is doing. We, as an industry, are pretty good at building tech. We’re not so good at building systems that have the right emergent behaviors as messy humans start interacting with them and applying weird incentives to them.
so a couple of thoughts on what fiatjaf is saying
I’m gonna start with this: I don’t feel the same way about nostr or activitypub or most other projects. generally speaking, everybody is engaging in tradeoffs and optimizing for different things. which is a good thing
I’m gonna start with this: I don’t feel the same way about nostr or activitypub or most other projects. generally speaking, everybody is engaging in tradeoffs and optimizing for different things. which is a good thing
May 8, 2023 at 11:08 AM
I continue to love the emphasis on human power dynamics in what Bluesky is doing. We, as an industry, are pretty good at building tech. We’re not so good at building systems that have the right emergent behaviors as messy humans start interacting with them and applying weird incentives to them.
I’ve been blown away by the clarity of AOC’s communication on this platform. And I LOVE that she’s backing her assertions up with receipts here!!!
Both. The invite tree accountability makes people more judicious about bringing in solid people, the early suspensions of bad accounts increased trust/confidence about commitment to safety, and the smaller community feels safer too.
I do get nervous for #s going up & harassment campaigns starting
I do get nervous for #s going up & harassment campaigns starting
Does it feel safer and more fun because of the product itself or because our community is still relatively small so we feel safer to share thoughts?
(I dun have an answer)
(I dun have an answer)
May 2, 2023 at 4:18 PM
I’ve been blown away by the clarity of AOC’s communication on this platform. And I LOVE that she’s backing her assertions up with receipts here!!!
I’ve been REALLY impressed by how fast the bsky team is working and by how transparently they’ve been doing it! Also, I think maybe I’ve been in Big Tech too long. 😄
you need better search? tell me the types of searches you want to do and ill try and just fix it tomorrow
May 2, 2023 at 3:26 PM
I’ve been REALLY impressed by how fast the bsky team is working and by how transparently they’ve been doing it! Also, I think maybe I’ve been in Big Tech too long. 😄
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Let's talk about replies. Right now content here is fun and civil but we've got the same issue here that Twitter had until conversation controls were introduced: anyone can reply to anyone else (generating notifications) and harass them without permission. There's some solutions though...
April 30, 2023 at 6:05 AM
Let's talk about replies. Right now content here is fun and civil but we've got the same issue here that Twitter had until conversation controls were introduced: anyone can reply to anyone else (generating notifications) and harass them without permission. There's some solutions though...