No ads is good. No algorithm? Do you get suggested anything outside of what other users suggest? Or shitshow that is the search tab? No ceo is good too.
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No algorithm is key. Everything is very negative on Twitter because that’s what is pushed by the algorithm.
In my experience, on nostr people are kinder with eachother. They can express themselves without being judged/insulted
Algorithms aren’t bad. We use them everyday, whether it’s Twitter, youtube, Google, or even conversation. Twitter’s sucks, but I don’t think algorithms are bad in general
If the algorithm was used to push content you like sure. In reality twitter's algorithm is there to ensure you spend more screen time and spend money on the ads that are presented to you.
I don’t see that as a net positive. But it’s just my opinion
An algorithm can be written to cater to what you like. Naturally that will make you stay more. It’s the same as someone you like recommending some else.
I get that. Still doesn’t make the Twitter algorithm a net good for the user experience.
Take the Instagram algo for example, it’s been shown to create mental health issues in adolescent girls…
And I don’t think it’s the same as someone I like recommending something. That person isn’t making me feel bad so I can consume more: they are just showing me something interesting
I’m not disagreeing with you. Their algorithms can be harmful. It doesn’t make algorithms bad per se though. I don’t want to get into the psychology of humans, but you can easily get sucked into things that are bad for your mental health just from the people you follow or listen to.
I’m just saying, never having an algorithm is limiting and a waste to any social app. A good algorithm will show you things or people you like, or things that you might not like but challenge you in a healthy way. This is all very subjective, but I’ve discovered a lot of incredible people, music and channels because of algorithms on YouTube, for example.
Open protocols *could* have algorithms, but you would be allowed to *choose* them.
Entire books are written about how big tech manipulates people with algorithms, over which you have no control.
Yes YouTube might give you some new content that you like, but it's mostly going to keep you in your bubble.
Already Nostr has a way to "swap" all of your follows for someone else's set, in just a few clicks.
You could swap who you follow on whatever app you like... And sure “open protocols” don’t have to have algorithms, or they could have them and you could choose between them, as you say. But, again, that’s potentially the same with any app… an implementation like Damus could have an algorithm that’s “good”, or one that manipulates you just like the big tech companies. Anyone or any corporation can make a Damus… and by the way Damus does it already. Just go to the search tab and check the top right filter… Damus already chooses for you what you’re exposed to.
What’s there by default is not a choice made for you by devs. You can « edit » the global feed as you wish
For me personally, I find that there’s a big part of personal responsibility on nostr. I had to follow more accounts I found interesting and interacted with those accounts regularly in order to get something interesting out of the experience.
You can let the Twitter algorithm do that for you, or you can do it yourself on nostr. It takes some effort but it’s rewarding.
I totally agree with you for music on YouTube or Apple Music. Definitely discovered lots of music that way.
Go to the search tab on Damus. In the top right there’s a filter where you can pick which relays you see posts from. For me half of them were unchecked. The unchecked ones were mostly spam and crap, but it just shows that (1) the Damus developers could choose to censor or promote whatever the fuck they like to their users and (2) relays by definition can promote crap or censor crap. Who knows what that could be used for in the future…
I really like the fact that I can toggle which relays I use in the global feed. I have the nostr.wine filter on. All the other relays are off. Again it comes back to personal responsibility.
If the devs choose to promote wtf they like, you can always choose other relays