Adam 🌱
@atfrancis901.bsky.social
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@techconnectify.bsky.social spitting hot fire on this one 🔥
February 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
@techconnectify.bsky.social spitting hot fire on this one 🔥
“How did we get here? I can tell you how I think we got here. Big news publications have become just as dependent on algorithms to find their readers as their readers are to find the news - which means they’re more concerned with being enticing than being honest, which is a damn shame.”
February 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“How did we get here? I can tell you how I think we got here. Big news publications have become just as dependent on algorithms to find their readers as their readers are to find the news - which means they’re more concerned with being enticing than being honest, which is a damn shame.”
“All that matters to many institutions which make news these days is clicks and ad money… Even mainstream publications have gone wildly off the rails as they chase metrics, rather than the truth.”
February 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“All that matters to many institutions which make news these days is clicks and ad money… Even mainstream publications have gone wildly off the rails as they chase metrics, rather than the truth.”
“In case you haven’t noticed, people are trying to bullshit us all the time now, and algorithmic feeds make this worse. They don’t just exist on YouTube and social media. They exist in popular news aggregator apps, and that’s meant a lot of really stupid articles keep floating around…”
February 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“In case you haven’t noticed, people are trying to bullshit us all the time now, and algorithmic feeds make this worse. They don’t just exist on YouTube and social media. They exist in popular news aggregator apps, and that’s meant a lot of really stupid articles keep floating around…”
“Algorithmic complacency, if not noticed and acted upon, means you’re allowing other people - who are not you - to decide what matters to you… It’s very easy for people who wish to weaponize this reality to craft a narrative, which is not overtly obvious and so might slip past your defenses.”
February 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“Algorithmic complacency, if not noticed and acted upon, means you’re allowing other people - who are not you - to decide what matters to you… It’s very easy for people who wish to weaponize this reality to craft a narrative, which is not overtly obvious and so might slip past your defenses.”
“Social media algorithms don’t nurture human connection. They exploit it, and we are so used to this reality now, that I’m not sure many of us care to get off this train. But I think we should.”
February 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“Social media algorithms don’t nurture human connection. They exploit it, and we are so used to this reality now, that I’m not sure many of us care to get off this train. But I think we should.”
“As people learn about new products through the slot machine of social media feeds, they can develop a learned helplessness, where they will wait to be sold on a solution for their problems, rather than be introspective and explore what their problems actually are…”
February 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“As people learn about new products through the slot machine of social media feeds, they can develop a learned helplessness, where they will wait to be sold on a solution for their problems, rather than be introspective and explore what their problems actually are…”
“Unless we realize recommendation algorithms are what’s fostering these reactionary conflicts, they’re going to continue, so long as we use platforms in the ways that we do… I believe algorithmic complacency is creating a crisis of both curiosity and human connection.”
February 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Unless we realize recommendation algorithms are what’s fostering these reactionary conflicts, they’re going to continue, so long as we use platforms in the ways that we do… I believe algorithmic complacency is creating a crisis of both curiosity and human connection.”
Bottom layer: black beans, mashed and cooked with jalapeño, garlic, and cumin.
Middle layer: crumbled tofu cooked with onion, garlic, cumin, and chili spice.
Top layer: “mojo rojo” sauce and vegan cheddar, plus diced tomatoes and sour cream once it’s out of the oven.
Middle layer: crumbled tofu cooked with onion, garlic, cumin, and chili spice.
Top layer: “mojo rojo” sauce and vegan cheddar, plus diced tomatoes and sour cream once it’s out of the oven.
February 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Bottom layer: black beans, mashed and cooked with jalapeño, garlic, and cumin.
Middle layer: crumbled tofu cooked with onion, garlic, cumin, and chili spice.
Top layer: “mojo rojo” sauce and vegan cheddar, plus diced tomatoes and sour cream once it’s out of the oven.
Middle layer: crumbled tofu cooked with onion, garlic, cumin, and chili spice.
Top layer: “mojo rojo” sauce and vegan cheddar, plus diced tomatoes and sour cream once it’s out of the oven.