Once again, Jaz lays out a fantastic vision for Fediverse design.
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RE: https://jaz.co.uk/2026/05/12/there-are-a-million-fediverses-some-of-them-are-louder-than-others/
Once again, Jaz lays out a fantastic vision for Fediverse design. Chronological feeds are better than rage-bait algorithms, but they give give loudmouths too much real estate.
- Design for people, not protocols
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It’s time for #Fedidev’s to figure out how to get this done.
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RE: https://jaz.co.uk/2026/05/12/there-are-a-million-fediverses-some-of-them-are-louder-than-others/
Once again, Jaz lays out a fantastic vision for Fediverse design. Chronological feeds are better than rage-bait algorithms, but they give give loudmouths too much real estate.
- Design for people, not protocols
-Community, not one person’s stream of consciousness
- Community notes (from trusted sources) on divisive issuesRead his posts and support his work!
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It’s time for #Fedidev’s to figure out how to get this done.
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Algorithm isn't a bad word when it designed for people and not against them.
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Algorithm isn't a bad word when it designed for people and not against them.
Chronological feeds are just a consequence of the protocol. The end user deserves a better experience.Agreed, which is why I said "rage-bait algorithms" as a shorthand for what you get on Twitter, Facebook, and the rest.
But we should recognize that just the word "algorithm" is quickly getting co-opted by popular culture (similar to what happened to brand names like Kleenex, Xerox, and others) to mean "dirty rage-baiting, extremist-generating, privacy-ignoring Internet-surveillance code that controls what I see and who I hate."
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Agreed, which is why I said "rage-bait algorithms" as a shorthand for what you get on Twitter, Facebook, and the rest.
But we should recognize that just the word "algorithm" is quickly getting co-opted by popular culture (similar to what happened to brand names like Kleenex, Xerox, and others) to mean "dirty rage-baiting, extremist-generating, privacy-ignoring Internet-surveillance code that controls what I see and who I hate."
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Yes, sometimes they do make for great entertainment.
"Rage bait" is just a placeholder for a wide range of issues. More and more, I'm concerned about how we turn over so much individual autonomy to algorithms.
It's the difference between getting help from a computer (setting your own mutes) vs. turning over your life to one like the far-future people in Wall-e.
(And yes: I know Wall-e is ironically a movie by the for-profit Disney corporation)
