Shibaprasad Bhattacharya @shibaprasad@qoto.org

Sometimes a conversation helps someone grow. Inspires change. Leads to a new idea. Makes the world just a little better.

Usually we never find out, but that’s not the point. It’s enough knowing each of us has the potential to be a spark ✨

So be wildly supportive, encourage curiosity & spread as much kindness as possible. You never know where it will lead.

The moderators of r/IAmA say they will no longer coordinate celebrity AMAs and Reddit "has all the funds they need to hire people" for tasks done by volunteers (Jay Peters/The Verge)

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/1/23781306/reddit-moderators-iama-celebrity-ama
http://www.techmeme.com/230702/p1#a230702p1

Dear Twitter people. Lots of us were once Twitter people too. This place will not spoon-feed you. Passive participation doesn’t work here. This is a very active and buzzing place, but unless you FOLLOW people and INTERACT, it will pass you by.

Follow people. Lots of them. You can always remove them later. But really, follow early, follow often.

Welcome to the fediverse, my friends from twitter and Reddit.

summer fashion

In the discussion on algorithmic content delivery there seems to be a different side of it missed. Algorithms don't have to be used to smartly give you more content, they can also smartly choose what to display if you want less of it.

If you follow people who post a lot but only a part of their posts interests you as much as others', a pure chronological timeline is very sub-optimal. An algorithm can make you a timeline that prioritises the kinds of posts you like and de-prioritises ones you don't, so you get maximum value per watched posts, decreasing as the important new posts run out and the less important ones get presented. This can reduce FOMO of "I'm sitting here for a long time but haven't caught up on all the posts of my favourite people". This is something I remember Twitter doing pretty well, except of course with also inserting random crap it thinks you'd like in-between.

Furthermore, it doesn't have to be a learning algorithm that requires tracking your data, it can be a "dumb" one that simply has priorities set based on some qualifiers (author, keywords, the like) and creates a mix of mostly higher priority posts with some lower priority ones. It can all be configurable.

The fediverse with its open nature allowing one to choose their servers, clients and if they appear algorithms has a big potential for better UX that we're refusing by the allergic reaction to any mention of algorithms.

#fedi #meta

@shibaprasad Haha, I was looking to follow creators primarily but anyone who likes podcasts is definitely a homie, my homie!

Glad to have met you in the #fediverse!! :)

Did no one from Manipur reach out to Modi, who managed to stop the Ukraine-Russia war just to evacuate Indian students, or Yogi, who presumes the world reaches out to him to enforce law and order?

They could have at least volunteered themselves in the interest of India, no?

In what is being called the biggest transaction in the history of India Inc, HDFC Bank will take over its parent, housing finance major HDFC, on Saturday. Following the reverse merger, the country's first home finance company, would cease to exist.
#HDFCLeaps #World #ValuableBanksList #MegaMerger #MastIndia #MastodonIndians #India @mastodonindians
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/hdfc-bank-merger-live-hdfc-to-be-among-worlds-most-valuable-banks-after-todays-merger-10-points-4168174

Wisdom from 17 yo Benzie

Firefox's new official home is in the Fedi!

From /r/Firefox:

All legacy technical posts will remain available so that searching for help related to the browser is still available, but henceforth and until the reddit admins appropriately reply to our concerns, the only new submissions allowed will be ones that contain the cuddly fuzzy little animals from which the subreddit indirectly received its name:‌

The red panda! Also known as fire foxes. ‌

If you are looking for technical posts, we now have an official community on Kbin. Keep in mind that Lemmy also federates with Kbin. We continue to be around on Matrix as well.

Do give them a follow on https://fedia.io/m/firefox - you should be able to follow that from most of the Fediverse i.e. Mastodon, Calckey, etc etc etc

#Firefox #Mozilla #Reddit #RedditMigration @fediversenews

@shibaprasad @mastodonindians My dream moment in LinkedIn: Get a nice job, take a chart paper and write - "LinkedIn Sucks! ❤️ if you agree!" and then post it as my first and last post on LinkedIn. (Yes will delete my account after it)

God, the amount of cat fishing + cringe + outdated memes + WhatsApp level content spins my head...

As of date, I have had a LinkedIn account after being forced (it helps you get a job yada yada) and I open it only to accept Connect requests

WTF is wrong with the Apple ecosystem? I've tried 3 different podcast apps now (Podcasts, @overcastfm and PocketCasts) and it seems like none of them are capable of easily like... opening a link to an RSS feed and turning that into a podcast if the feed is only available on the LAN. It's infuriating that every time I deal with some Apple thing it's something like this.

#apple