Teflo
@teflo.bsky.social
Night owl, loves tech, Pikachu, scented candles, and long walks on the beach.
Twitter does give you algorithmic control in "For You" with the "Not interested" option. It takes a long time but eventually it does understand you better. All your "Not interested" posts are included in the API request for the feed when you refresh/scroll. My feed is generally well controlled.
November 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Twitter does give you algorithmic control in "For You" with the "Not interested" option. It takes a long time but eventually it does understand you better. All your "Not interested" posts are included in the API request for the feed when you refresh/scroll. My feed is generally well controlled.
The memory system is terrible, I've always had it off. It starts to really impact replies and bias them in strange ways after you've got even just a few of them.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The memory system is terrible, I've always had it off. It starts to really impact replies and bias them in strange ways after you've got even just a few of them.
COVID genuinely ruined everything, didn't it.
November 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
COVID genuinely ruined everything, didn't it.
Can we have a vote to keep it like this?
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Can we have a vote to keep it like this?
Yeah, that's fair enough. Maybe I'm a bit too harsh on them. I'm sure there's very good ones out there (like the ones that you've pointed out), but I'd feel like quite a few would descend into hall monitors.
November 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Yeah, that's fair enough. Maybe I'm a bit too harsh on them. I'm sure there's very good ones out there (like the ones that you've pointed out), but I'd feel like quite a few would descend into hall monitors.
I just feel like the blocklists will naturally gravitate to being managed by absolutely neurotic individuals since that's reasonably the only individuals who'll go through the effort of maintaining such a blocklist. I suppose that doesn't apply to smaller more niche blocklists.
November 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I just feel like the blocklists will naturally gravitate to being managed by absolutely neurotic individuals since that's reasonably the only individuals who'll go through the effort of maintaining such a blocklist. I suppose that doesn't apply to smaller more niche blocklists.
It's picture 13/22 on the SMH photo reel. They're constantly adding new photos though so it might change.
www.smh.com.au/national/cyc...
www.smh.com.au/national/cyc...
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www.smh.com.au
March 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It's picture 13/22 on the SMH photo reel. They're constantly adding new photos though so it might change.
www.smh.com.au/national/cyc...
www.smh.com.au/national/cyc...
The guy arguing as well seems to have a foot fetish, wetsuit fetish and motorcycle gear fetish.
So you know, this platform is just going fucking great.
So you know, this platform is just going fucking great.
January 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The guy arguing as well seems to have a foot fetish, wetsuit fetish and motorcycle gear fetish.
So you know, this platform is just going fucking great.
So you know, this platform is just going fucking great.
About as inevitable as the fucking tides they're going from somewhat moderated platforms to barely moderated platforms.
And before anyone asks, no, under 16's were barely using Twitter/X.
And before anyone asks, no, under 16's were barely using Twitter/X.
November 30, 2024 at 8:20 AM
About as inevitable as the fucking tides they're going from somewhat moderated platforms to barely moderated platforms.
And before anyone asks, no, under 16's were barely using Twitter/X.
And before anyone asks, no, under 16's were barely using Twitter/X.
It's specifically designed to built echo chambers and block criticism. It's insane.
November 30, 2024 at 12:30 AM
It's specifically designed to built echo chambers and block criticism. It's insane.
There's a pretty good reason why companies don't tell you what boosts you in the algorithm and what does not, it's to avoid stuff exactly like this.
November 22, 2024 at 5:22 AM
There's a pretty good reason why companies don't tell you what boosts you in the algorithm and what does not, it's to avoid stuff exactly like this.
It brings me great sadness to say that he might actually be right with this one.
November 21, 2024 at 6:38 AM
It brings me great sadness to say that he might actually be right with this one.
I feel bad for the authors of the study at this point.
November 21, 2024 at 4:45 AM
I feel bad for the authors of the study at this point.
"There is also a fire behind Albo for some reason"
Because he is ON FIRE FOR AUSTRALIA 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿
Because he is ON FIRE FOR AUSTRALIA 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿
November 20, 2024 at 6:50 AM
"There is also a fire behind Albo for some reason"
Because he is ON FIRE FOR AUSTRALIA 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿
Because he is ON FIRE FOR AUSTRALIA 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿
Thanks for the explainer! I'm surprised people see things like global search as abusive? There's definitely some arguments to be made against open API's (although I am hugely supportive of them) but I don't see one for something like a global search. Each to their own I guess.
November 20, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Thanks for the explainer! I'm surprised people see things like global search as abusive? There's definitely some arguments to be made against open API's (although I am hugely supportive of them) but I don't see one for something like a global search. Each to their own I guess.
Seems pretty huge for the performance that I've seen from it so far, I think Qwen2-VL is still better in general. Which is surprising considering how much smaller it is. This feels closer to InternVL2 to me which is practically a gpt-4o distillation.
November 20, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Seems pretty huge for the performance that I've seen from it so far, I think Qwen2-VL is still better in general. Which is surprising considering how much smaller it is. This feels closer to InternVL2 to me which is practically a gpt-4o distillation.
Reposted by Teflo
As I noted on my blog: Hacking on Bluesky feels reminiscent of the massive diversity of innovation we saw around Twitter back in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
November 20, 2024 at 4:09 AM
As I noted on my blog: Hacking on Bluesky feels reminiscent of the massive diversity of innovation we saw around Twitter back in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
Very interesting, but what happened with the Mastodon API? I haven't seen anything about it? Did the community reject/block it in some way?
November 20, 2024 at 6:01 AM
Very interesting, but what happened with the Mastodon API? I haven't seen anything about it? Did the community reject/block it in some way?
I saw that post along with their charts and it didn't honestly seem like there was much of a change? The biggest shift was in 2021 where obviously, people thought that we could then take in more migrants (what a surprise)
It doesn't seem to be on the mind of policymakers though.
It doesn't seem to be on the mind of policymakers though.
November 20, 2024 at 3:28 AM
I saw that post along with their charts and it didn't honestly seem like there was much of a change? The biggest shift was in 2021 where obviously, people thought that we could then take in more migrants (what a surprise)
It doesn't seem to be on the mind of policymakers though.
It doesn't seem to be on the mind of policymakers though.
I know I'm directly contributing to this now.. but I'd also wish we'd shut the fuck up about what the other platform is doing and get to making our usual miserable posts about our boring, empty lives. I used this platform last year and they are STILL talking about it.
November 19, 2024 at 1:32 AM
I know I'm directly contributing to this now.. but I'd also wish we'd shut the fuck up about what the other platform is doing and get to making our usual miserable posts about our boring, empty lives. I used this platform last year and they are STILL talking about it.
Considering that these are the individuals who have directly been working with tech companies on such things for a long time and would have a better understanding of their internal processes. Them being skeptical of the whole thing should be a huge red flag.
November 19, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Considering that these are the individuals who have directly been working with tech companies on such things for a long time and would have a better understanding of their internal processes. Them being skeptical of the whole thing should be a huge red flag.
So now we've got a parliamentary inquiry that didn't include it as a recommendation and even the eSafety commissioner doesn't seem confident in it? At this point it should be dead in the water.
November 19, 2024 at 1:16 AM
So now we've got a parliamentary inquiry that didn't include it as a recommendation and even the eSafety commissioner doesn't seem confident in it? At this point it should be dead in the water.