> ... the same reasons I didn't like Twitter. ... You're letting a bunch of people who aren't really that important to you, or qualified to do the job, be the content curators for you.
Exactly. I'll own and operate my own personal recommender algorithm, thank you very much.
> I'm going to look into setting up an RSS reader for myself and start hunting for high quality blogs.
The Correct Answer™
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I've never understood Twitter. How do I follow convos? What are people talking about? Why can't I find anything? And most annoyingly, obvious links (hrefs) don't work, forcing click thrus. (Engagement FTW!)
And WTF am I seeing the same frikking content over and over and over?!
I'm finally using 𝕏 (neé Twitter) just this year. Because for the first time, I was super motivated to follow a handful of geeks (wrt climate crisis and electrifying everything) that don't post updates elsewhere. (For now. With Musk imploding 𝕏, THANK THE GODS, everyone's on the lookout for the next disco.)
I now get how and why 𝕏 blows. It's an outrage machine, not a forum host. Those two use cases are mutually exclusive.
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Imagine a personalized HN landing page where I only saw unread updates from the people I follow. And for entries/topics that I'm "watching".
Also imagine the ability to filter OC (outbound links). The stuff I never want to read.
Lastly, imagine dupes (reposts) somehow get deduped. Like a forum for "continuing conversation", vs a whole new entry. People could repost (retweet) as much as they want and HN smartly aggregates them.
And a great search.
Now imagine the client for those forum features. Either web or app.
Track my personal history. Which OC and people and topics do I most view, watch, bookmark, and like? Not just for internet karma, but also to complete my personal feedback loop.
If my personal RSS reader and podcatcher simply logged my own viewing habits locally, I'd be in heaven.
Render my activity on a timeline and I'd hit nirvana. (There's probably some other useful visualizations too.)
> ... the same reasons I didn't like Twitter. ... You're letting a bunch of people who aren't really that important to you, or qualified to do the job, be the content curators for you.
Exactly. I'll own and operate my own personal recommender algorithm, thank you very much.
> I'm going to look into setting up an RSS reader for myself and start hunting for high quality blogs.
The Correct Answer™
--
I've never understood Twitter. How do I follow convos? What are people talking about? Why can't I find anything? And most annoyingly, obvious links (hrefs) don't work, forcing click thrus. (Engagement FTW!)
And WTF am I seeing the same frikking content over and over and over?!
I'm finally using 𝕏 (neé Twitter) just this year. Because for the first time, I was super motivated to follow a handful of geeks (wrt climate crisis and electrifying everything) that don't post updates elsewhere. (For now. With Musk imploding 𝕏, THANK THE GODS, everyone's on the lookout for the next disco.)
I now get how and why 𝕏 blows. It's an outrage machine, not a forum host. Those two use cases are mutually exclusive.
--
Imagine a personalized HN landing page where I only saw unread updates from the people I follow. And for entries/topics that I'm "watching".
Also imagine the ability to filter OC (outbound links). The stuff I never want to read.
Lastly, imagine dupes (reposts) somehow get deduped. Like a forum for "continuing conversation", vs a whole new entry. People could repost (retweet) as much as they want and HN smartly aggregates them.
And a great search.
Now imagine the client for those forum features. Either web or app.
Track my personal history. Which OC and people and topics do I most view, watch, bookmark, and like? Not just for internet karma, but also to complete my personal feedback loop.
If my personal RSS reader and podcatcher simply logged my own viewing habits locally, I'd be in heaven.
Render my activity on a timeline and I'd hit nirvana. (There's probably some other useful visualizations too.)