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A platform can reduce obvious abuse while preserving the deeper incentive to keep people angry, lonely, and watching. Cleaner speech is not the same as healthier social life. #Loneliness #Algorithms

👀 Need something to read or listen to this weekend? 🎧

#ThingsFriendsForward from me ✍️

036: The Turn | 31 August – 6 September

record #EV sales in Australia, rare #books pulped to feed #AI, the push to make #socialmedia #algorithms opt-in + more!

thingsfriendsforward.substack.com/p/036-the-tu...

Triangle maze with Randomized Kruskal

Mazely v0.4.0 now supports triangle mazes — here’s Randomized Kruskal generating one step by step.

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#JavaScript #CreativeCoding #Visualization #Algorithms #OpenSource #TypeScript

A feed can show “both sides” while rewarding the side that provokes the fastest reaction. Neutral design is still a moral choice when anger buys more attention. #Algorithms #Politics

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...

The author used a little known feature on Instagram to Turn of the Algorithms, receive posts from ONLY accounts you follow, in chronological order. She describes her experiences, living like it was 2012 for a full 24 hours

#socialMedia #Instagram #Algorithms

you are never going to be able to replace #humans with #AI.

because humans train that AI.

and AI isn't actually AI. it's a bunch of #algorithms pretending to be people. it doesn't think for itself. it responds to #binary commands. there's no #ambiguity or #soul in what they produce.

Platforms say personalized feeds help people find what matters. The quiet tradeoff is that users may discover what keeps them watching instead. Attention can imitate relevance. #Algorithms #Truth