Chris Leong
@casebash.bsky.social
Furthermore, I consider AI must be aligned.
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Deleting old Twitter accounts is cultural vandalism on a level with deleting Geocities
May 8, 2023 at 9:32 PM
Deleting old Twitter accounts is cultural vandalism on a level with deleting Geocities
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It's the summer holidays ☀️ and you're 12 years old. You're eating cheetos and drinking Pepsi while watching Nickelodeon until your friends come and knock for you. You have absolutely no idea about utility bills. You're going to Pizza Hut for dinner.
Life is awesome! 😌❤️
Life is awesome! 😌❤️
May 8, 2023 at 3:51 PM
It's the summer holidays ☀️ and you're 12 years old. You're eating cheetos and drinking Pepsi while watching Nickelodeon until your friends come and knock for you. You have absolutely no idea about utility bills. You're going to Pizza Hut for dinner.
Life is awesome! 😌❤️
Life is awesome! 😌❤️
If Bluesky takes off, I’d be very interested to see what could be built on top of it.
It seems like a social network could probably go very far by setting up the right system of nudges.
It seems like a social network could probably go very far by setting up the right system of nudges.
May 8, 2023 at 3:58 PM
If Bluesky takes off, I’d be very interested to see what could be built on top of it.
It seems like a social network could probably go very far by setting up the right system of nudges.
It seems like a social network could probably go very far by setting up the right system of nudges.
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Ordinary users don't care about decentralization in social networks like ordinary people don't care about seismic codes for buildings. Decentralization is about avoiding the once-in-a-decade disaster that can ruin a service, not about making it nicer the day you sign up.
May 8, 2023 at 1:18 PM
Ordinary users don't care about decentralization in social networks like ordinary people don't care about seismic codes for buildings. Decentralization is about avoiding the once-in-a-decade disaster that can ruin a service, not about making it nicer the day you sign up.
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so a couple of thoughts on what fiatjaf is saying
I’m gonna start with this: I don’t feel the same way about nostr or activitypub or most other projects. generally speaking, everybody is engaging in tradeoffs and optimizing for different things. which is a good thing
I’m gonna start with this: I don’t feel the same way about nostr or activitypub or most other projects. generally speaking, everybody is engaging in tradeoffs and optimizing for different things. which is a good thing
May 8, 2023 at 5:43 AM
so a couple of thoughts on what fiatjaf is saying
I’m gonna start with this: I don’t feel the same way about nostr or activitypub or most other projects. generally speaking, everybody is engaging in tradeoffs and optimizing for different things. which is a good thing
I’m gonna start with this: I don’t feel the same way about nostr or activitypub or most other projects. generally speaking, everybody is engaging in tradeoffs and optimizing for different things. which is a good thing
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👇🏼The big tech companies complain about the difficulty of moderation, but they are loathe to give up the power it bestows on them.
I’m excited to see how decentralized moderation evolves.
I’m excited to see how decentralized moderation evolves.
you also do your best to divest responsibilities from those potentially powerful entities
one of the reasons it’s so important to have community driven curation and moderation is so that doesn’t get done by these powerful aggregators, because that becomes the mechanism of control over people
one of the reasons it’s so important to have community driven curation and moderation is so that doesn’t get done by these powerful aggregators, because that becomes the mechanism of control over people
May 8, 2023 at 11:49 AM
👇🏼The big tech companies complain about the difficulty of moderation, but they are loathe to give up the power it bestows on them.
I’m excited to see how decentralized moderation evolves.
I’m excited to see how decentralized moderation evolves.
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Warming up, which reminds me: I wrote about why air conditioning is, in more and more places, a life-saving necessity and not a luxury.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/16/climate-change-air-conditioning-heat-waves/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/16/climate-change-air-conditioning-heat-waves/
Climate Change Demands More Air Conditioning
An often-disparaged technology is a lifesaver, not a luxury.
foreignpolicy.com
May 7, 2023 at 9:06 PM
Warming up, which reminds me: I wrote about why air conditioning is, in more and more places, a life-saving necessity and not a luxury.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/16/climate-change-air-conditioning-heat-waves/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/16/climate-change-air-conditioning-heat-waves/
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US prisons rarely have air conditioning: a horrifying 13% of deaths in Texas prisons (271 people) from 2001 to 2019 were attributed to heat in this recent study.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2798097
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2798097
Air Conditioning and Heat-Related Mortality in Texas Prisons
This case-control study analyzes whether heat during warm months is associated with an increased risk of mortality in Texas prisons without air conditioning.
jamanetwork.com
May 7, 2023 at 9:38 PM
US prisons rarely have air conditioning: a horrifying 13% of deaths in Texas prisons (271 people) from 2001 to 2019 were attributed to heat in this recent study.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2798097
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2798097
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looking back at this now that we have historical data and good visualizations, we were a vast majority of active posters (probably 80+%), and half of all native english speakers on the platform
how did it get so TPOT scene-y when there are theoretically over 10k users on bsky?
do others just not post much?
do others just not post much?
May 4, 2023 at 6:55 PM
looking back at this now that we have historical data and good visualizations, we were a vast majority of active posters (probably 80+%), and half of all native english speakers on the platform
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For years I've watched with amusement as people compared an old community to a new, always extolling how *friendly* the new community was. Such enthusiasm was noted towards Twitter, Reddit, and even Facebook in their earliest years. But... things change.
May 2, 2023 at 8:15 PM
For years I've watched with amusement as people compared an old community to a new, always extolling how *friendly* the new community was. Such enthusiasm was noted towards Twitter, Reddit, and even Facebook in their earliest years. But... things change.
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watching several different political factions claim that bluesky belongs to their faction and leaning back and smiling as the spirit of twitter forms itself out of the dust
May 2, 2023 at 6:30 PM
watching several different political factions claim that bluesky belongs to their faction and leaning back and smiling as the spirit of twitter forms itself out of the dust
I am intrigued by the notion of custom feed algorithms. I have no doubt that this will lead to more people being in echo chambers, but we already tried having Twitter as the public square and that didn’t really work out.
May 1, 2023 at 1:09 AM
I am intrigued by the notion of custom feed algorithms. I have no doubt that this will lead to more people being in echo chambers, but we already tried having Twitter as the public square and that didn’t really work out.
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can i just step in here to ask, in a moment of relative chill before whatever next week brings, that we
- not make death threats
- block more, bully less
- not make death threats
- block more, bully less
April 30, 2023 at 11:31 PM
can i just step in here to ask, in a moment of relative chill before whatever next week brings, that we
- not make death threats
- block more, bully less
- not make death threats
- block more, bully less
Omg, so much high school level drama here…
May 1, 2023 at 12:29 AM
Omg, so much high school level drama here…
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the most hateful person you’ve ever met was a baby once. nobody is born that way. things happen between being a baby and now to turn people towards hatred and they are all heartbreaking
April 30, 2023 at 6:07 PM
the most hateful person you’ve ever met was a baby once. nobody is born that way. things happen between being a baby and now to turn people towards hatred and they are all heartbreaking
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Spoke with @zoink.bsky.social this morning about growth. His advice: by the time you do analysis on what behaviors lead to retention, it’s too late. You probably have a hypothesis (ie. following people, having a stream of content) that is true - just go execute on that. (Can do analysis in tandem)
April 25, 2023 at 7:15 PM
Spoke with @zoink.bsky.social this morning about growth. His advice: by the time you do analysis on what behaviors lead to retention, it’s too late. You probably have a hypothesis (ie. following people, having a stream of content) that is true - just go execute on that. (Can do analysis in tandem)
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Can't wait until federation allows us to split into Yglesians and Antiyglesians so we can all live in peace and harmony.
April 28, 2023 at 12:52 AM
Can't wait until federation allows us to split into Yglesians and Antiyglesians so we can all live in peace and harmony.
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Who begs for an invite code just to show up with a bunch of nonsense. Social media is what you make it. Being a terrible human is optional and unnecessary.
April 27, 2023 at 3:12 PM
Who begs for an invite code just to show up with a bunch of nonsense. Social media is what you make it. Being a terrible human is optional and unnecessary.
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The What’s Hot feed is a placeholder example of a custom algorithm. It will change often until third-party feeds ship.
Long-term, you’ll be able to put any algorithm you want in the space where the What’s Hot feed is. Try out a new client like skyline.gay to see an evolving example of this!
Long-term, you’ll be able to put any algorithm you want in the space where the What’s Hot feed is. Try out a new client like skyline.gay to see an evolving example of this!
skyline.gay
April 28, 2023 at 9:13 PM
The What’s Hot feed is a placeholder example of a custom algorithm. It will change often until third-party feeds ship.
Long-term, you’ll be able to put any algorithm you want in the space where the What’s Hot feed is. Try out a new client like skyline.gay to see an evolving example of this!
Long-term, you’ll be able to put any algorithm you want in the space where the What’s Hot feed is. Try out a new client like skyline.gay to see an evolving example of this!
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do you have a checklist of the things you're aiming to get to before shipping? I would LOVE to see multiQT
here's my design doc for the feature https://malcolmocean.com/2021/11/twitter-multi-quote-tweet-design/
- why it matters (so conversations can converge, not just diverge)
- examples
- ui ideas
here's my design doc for the feature https://malcolmocean.com/2021/11/twitter-multi-quote-tweet-design/
- why it matters (so conversations can converge, not just diverge)
- examples
- ui ideas
April 12, 2023 at 7:57 AM
do you have a checklist of the things you're aiming to get to before shipping? I would LOVE to see multiQT
here's my design doc for the feature https://malcolmocean.com/2021/11/twitter-multi-quote-tweet-design/
- why it matters (so conversations can converge, not just diverge)
- examples
- ui ideas
here's my design doc for the feature https://malcolmocean.com/2021/11/twitter-multi-quote-tweet-design/
- why it matters (so conversations can converge, not just diverge)
- examples
- ui ideas
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The last few weekends have been demarcated with specific groups onboarding to Bluesky. Three weekends ago, it was tpot. Two weekends ago, it was art Twitter. Last weekend, it was black tech Twitter. This weekend… collective nudes? Good night y’all ✌️ can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings
April 30, 2023 at 8:08 AM
The last few weekends have been demarcated with specific groups onboarding to Bluesky. Three weekends ago, it was tpot. Two weekends ago, it was art Twitter. Last weekend, it was black tech Twitter. This weekend… collective nudes? Good night y’all ✌️ can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings
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Okay, here it is...
The Graph Update you've been waiting for: CLUSTERS!
Pruned one-off connections, hellthread interactions (mostly) present.
Users: 20k -> 12k
Connections: 166k -> 66k
Interactions: 326k -> 247k
Clusters are designated using Louvain Community Detection.
https://bsky.jazco.dev/
The Graph Update you've been waiting for: CLUSTERS!
Pruned one-off connections, hellthread interactions (mostly) present.
Users: 20k -> 12k
Connections: 166k -> 66k
Interactions: 326k -> 247k
Clusters are designated using Louvain Community Detection.
https://bsky.jazco.dev/
April 30, 2023 at 10:42 PM
Okay, here it is...
The Graph Update you've been waiting for: CLUSTERS!
Pruned one-off connections, hellthread interactions (mostly) present.
Users: 20k -> 12k
Connections: 166k -> 66k
Interactions: 326k -> 247k
Clusters are designated using Louvain Community Detection.
https://bsky.jazco.dev/
The Graph Update you've been waiting for: CLUSTERS!
Pruned one-off connections, hellthread interactions (mostly) present.
Users: 20k -> 12k
Connections: 166k -> 66k
Interactions: 326k -> 247k
Clusters are designated using Louvain Community Detection.
https://bsky.jazco.dev/