Originally was going to go 3 miles and cut it short, which I almost never do.
First run in over two weeks as I’m trying to get over what I think is plantar fasciitis. Didn’t go great and definitely still have pain. I might switch to cycling for a while. 
I don’t have bluesky and don’t have an interest in trying another platform.
I’m not saying there aren’t shitty algorithms. Of course there are.
And a chronological feed is an algorithm. It’s not a question of algorithm versus no algorithm. It’s which algorithm is right for which users.
I’ve not read any Nietzsche and I suspect I’m very much missing some important wisdom.
Any recommendations on where to start with him? 
My god this is a nihilistic song without, as near as I can tell, a sliver of hope or redemption.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/weddings-and-wars/1310652333?i=1310653949
Always enjoy reading your updates!
Glad your mom had a good day today. I’m sure that seeing her struggle with dementia is difficult. Enjoy the rest of your day.
Algorithm versus no-algorithm is a false dichotomy. A chronological feed is generated by an algorithm.
The question should be “what’s the best algorithm?”
And that will depend on user preferences.
A client that integrates a high-quality, transparent, algorithm that provides users control over it will be wildly popular.
#nostr #plebchain
Is the goal to untether social media as an analog for actual, in person, conversation? We don’t give each other money when someone we know makes a good point. Why would we want to build a digital analog for conversation where that’s all we do.
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Poignant questions. I love your point that "having children is a statement of hope and belief in the human experiment " – well put.
One question for you. I agree that history has countless examples of continuing to have children despite terrible circumstances. But, do we have examples of that since we invented birth control? (Sincere question - we might. I just got to thinking that it might be more that people had children because, well, they had they sure weren't going to stop having sex and every now and then that makes children, if the timing's right.)
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Currently #Damus defaults to "notes and replies" but the replies are from people I follow. So a post from a person I follow only gets bumped if they reply to it or someone else that I follow replies to it. In order for that to work I'm incentivized to follow A LOT of accounts who *might* engage with the accounts that I really want to hear from.
This approach also limits the potential reach of accounts with a small number of followers, but who might post quality content *that I'm interested in*. For example, if I'm into marathon training I might follow a couple of people who are also into that. They might be 2 follows out of a few hundred. If I only check in a couple of times a day (which is what I do on weekdays) those posts get lost in the mix. And some niche accounts may just never get high enough engagement to be able to rely on replies as the boosting mechanism.
Without an algorithm people are also incentivized to post often to stay relevant an in people's feeds. Quantity over quality for relevancy.
The customization in #nostrgram helped with this a bit, as users had a lot of control over the feed and you could easily toggle the filter to increase the likelihood you didn't miss important stuff. But it looks like Nostrgram broke on April 22 or something bc I can't see any posts since then.
On nostr I feel like we don't have to worry so much about the problems with current algorithms because you can always switch to a different client if it gets too oppressive.
I see @jack has chimed in that he sticks to "posts and replies" only. But this is a ton of noise. For example, I follow a few #nostr developers. They are very often in the "posts and replies" section because there on here a lot and they're talking with people about what they've built. Nothing wrong with that - almost always completely irrelevant to me.
That section is even more noise because of a culture that's emerged of "don't like - comment or zap." So now we have a lot of low-effort comments that are just 🤙 or "agree" or "this" or 💯.
For a person who doesn't want to spend hours around here, an algorithm could greatly enhance the experience. I think we'll find that the first client that does this well - who is transparent and gives users control - will be very popular.
An algorithm was never the problem. It was that they needed to increase advertising revenues and an algorithm tuned in a particular way was the best way to do that. Then it became clear that (a) you could also use it to censor and (b) if people didn't like it then fuck'em because no one could easily just up and leave for another platform because of the network effect.
Ok, I'll stop. :)
Love this song. #music #nowplaying
https://music.apple.com/us/album/sunrise/1443069630?i=1443069875
“We have an instinctual desire to remain consistent with our prior actions and beliefs. This can lead us to behave in irrational ways.”
“Even when it acts against our best interest our tendency is to be consistent with our prior commitments, ideas, thoughts, words, and actions.”
Viewpoint diversity is important for this simple reason.
You have a bunch of wrong shit in your head. It’d be better if you had less wrong shit in your head.
You won’t figure out what that wrong shit is if you only hang out with people who have the same wrong shit in their head.
They can***
Ugh. Typos.
Maybe. But has there every been a time in history where we haven’t had to pay to live, either in money or in time and energy put into survival?
And it’s a tragedy even for those people where money is not an obstacle. Everyone gets old. Everyone’s adorable toddler grows up to be a stinky teenager. Either you die or all your loved ones die or some of them die and then you die. I don’t think it’s just economics that makes it a tragedy - although the current system certainly contributes to the tragedy.
Life is such a goddamned tragedy it’s no wonder most people do everything they can’t to dull (or avoid) the pain of looking it straight in the face.