#content curation

[spltlvlhous]

the best part is if you really are not interesting in hearing about something you can filter the fucking tag

[tennisdadsaficionado]

✨ Friendly reminder: if you keep yelling “I’m sick of [X] content” …the algorithm hears “YES, GIVE ME MORE [X]” ✨

Your dash isn’t broken - the algorithm is just doing exactly what it's designed to do.

I keep seeing posts like:

“I’m so sick of seeing [X] content and I never see [Y] anymore!!”

And I get it. It’s frustrating. But here’s the thing: algorithms don’t know the difference between love, hate, or rage - they only know engagement.

If you:

Reblog posts about [X]

Like posts about [X]

Click on [X]

Spend extra time reading [X] discourse

Or even just make a post saying “ugh I’m so tired of [X]”

…you’ve just taught the algorithm:

“This person cares about [X]. Give them more [X].”

The algorithm doesn’t care whether you’re praising it, hating it, or doomscrolling through it - attention = interest.

That’s why your dash feels full of [X]. It’s not Tumblr “forcing” it on you; it’s the system reacting to what you interact with. And everyone’s dash is different because everyone is feeding the algorithm different signals.

If you want to see more [Y] content instead, you need to actively train it:

Follow creators who make [Y] posts

Reblog and like [Y] content

Seek out and interact with [Y] tags

Avoid engaging with [X], even negatively

Otherwise, the machine just assumes you’re thrilled to be drowning in [X].

Your dash is a terrarium. Stop watering the plants you hate. 🌿

[raffaellopalandri]

Reflexive Capture — The Rise of the Algorithmic Double – Part 2

In the expanding architectures of datalogical power, the self is no longer merely a passive object of surveillance or an externalised phenomenon of institutional capture. Rather, it becomes a self-generating artefact, a reflexive construction that emerges through the constant folding of information back into experience, affect, habit, and choice. The individual, once imagined as a discrete…

[netscapenavigator-official]

So here’s the latest Twitter Thing™ going on:

But there’s something Xringelord Musk seems to have overlooked in his pathetic attempt to stop people shutting his dumbass up: And it’s this Apple App Store guideline:

It’s only a matter of time before Apple chops that app. Between the nazis, the verified csam accounts, and now this. This just keeps getting more and more entertaining.

[bigphatpussylips]

I love curating the content I see online SO MUCH I'm fucking addicted. I stock up on ad blocks/pop up blocks. I can whitelist/blacklist whole websites. I block people, posts, whole topics and tags. I click "not interested" SO OFTEN, even for shit that annoys me just a little bit. Every stupid algorithm that comes out has me out here using every chrome extension, blocking function and dislike button like a shovel and beating it into submission.

[detective-dr-curious]

You know, sometimes unfollowing popular meme blogs will be the best decision of self care you could do in that month.

Because so much of those are targeted at self depreciation and so many are just plain awkward, it's beyond anyone's normal / natural / healthy amount of either of those things

[extracreditsblog]

The answer to "will it be on the Switch?" isn't a one-click-upload answer, for better or worse. This week's episode examines the multitude of design considerations that all digital storefronts use to curate their game selection.