Addicted to the #algorithm: how Big Tech lobbies to keep us hooked on #socialmedia
- https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/addicted-algorithm-how-big-tech-lobbies-keep-us-hooked-social-media "With Trumpists and far-right allies likely to join the chorus against the DFA, the Commission’s own drive for deregulation at all costs is not helping the chances of strong legislation."
Addicted to the #algorithm: how Big Tech lobbies to keep us hooked on #socialmedia
- https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/addicted-algorithm-how-big-tech-lobbies-keep-us-hooked-social-media "With Trumpists and far-right allies likely to join the chorus against the DFA, the Commission’s own drive for deregulation at all costs is not helping the chances of strong legislation."
RE: https://mamot.fr/@imacrea/115977976198245094
Current status: fuming with rage at the SHEER INEPTITUDE of the French press in covering W Social and Mastodon.
In the article linked below "journalist" François Saltiel wrote that @Gargron "quit his own network [Mastodon] because he was fed up with the behavior of certain users."
Eugen referred to deleting his bridge to Bluesky, not quitting Mastodon FFS.
You should know Mr. Saltier simply rehashed W Social's press release and failed to mention it is a fork of Bluesky...
"Journalism" today
yup
we are on #mastodon/ #fediverse because the profit motive in corporate #socialMedia means privacy defilement, free reign for bigotry/ ignorance, and #algorithm manipulation by #plutocracy agendas
the same applies to the #news #media:
#ventureCapital takes over dying traditional media outlets and puts right wing goons in the managing editor positions
we have nonprofit news ( #NPR, #ProPublica, #TheGuardian, etc)
trust them
all else: beware
The beauty of #Mastodon as opposed to other #SocialMedia platforms is that on #Mastodon you are the #algorithm.
The beauty of #Mastodon as opposed to other #SocialMedia platforms is that on #Mastodon you are the #algorithm.
Fediverse has been snubbed again? What about Loops or Pixelfed?
Australian app UpScrolled reports influx of downloads after after Oracle took over TikTok’s US operations last week, sparking concerns about censorship.
#Apps #SocialMedia #Algorithm #BigTech #Censorship #Tech #DataPrivacy #CyberSecurity
https://www.theverge.com/news/867958/tiktok-upscrolled-app-us-takeover
Fediverse has been snubbed again? What about Loops or Pixelfed?
Australian app UpScrolled reports influx of downloads after after Oracle took over TikTok’s US operations last week, sparking concerns about censorship.
#Apps #SocialMedia #Algorithm #BigTech #Censorship #Tech #DataPrivacy #CyberSecurity
https://www.theverge.com/news/867958/tiktok-upscrolled-app-us-takeover
It was great having a video call with @josschuurmans - nice to meet you! We chatted for almost two hours about open source.
Here are some of the tools we discussed that could also benefit our Mastodon community (I've mentioned them before, but here they are again):
FediAlgo, a fully customizable timeline algorithm that frees you from the tyranny of reverse chronological order
https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed
Fediway, a new recommendation engine for Mastodon that aims to replace the main feed for those who prefer a more algorithmic approach
https://github.com/fediway/fediway
Plausible, cookieless analytics
https://github.com/plausible/analytics
Sill, monitors your Bluesky and Mastodon feeds to find the most popular links in your network
https://github.com/TylerFisher/sill
https://sill.social
I'm always eager to try new apps, tools, and open source software - there's an app for everything!
Great video and explanation about #FalseSharing!
100x Slower Code due to False Sharing - by Keifer:
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=WIZf-Doc8Bk
(or YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIZf-Doc8Bk)
#Performance #Concurrency #MultiThreading #Algorithm #Algorithms #CPlusPlus
Some people say it takes too much time and effort to curate a feed (RSS, Mastodon etc). They want a recommendation algorithm like every other big platform.
I say, having a recommendation algorithm takes way more time and effort in the long run, because you end up wasting many magnitudes more time lost in addictive feeds, and the huge effort comes in the form of not being able to stop yourself.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115853452708420916
"Threads, however, supports ActivityPub. Users on Threads can choose to share their posts with other Activity Pub servers, including Mastodon." – Well, only if the instance and/or end user decides so.
Surprised the article doesn't mention the absence of algorithm and advertising in the Fediverse. Imho it's a good selling point.
#threads #activitypub #interoperability #algorithm #advertising
Not sure where to start with Mastodon? Here's some new year coverage from @TechCrunch that provides a great overview. 🫶🏻
Want to learn even more? There's a fantastic community ready to help you level up your Fediverse skills. 🎉
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115853452708420916
"Threads, however, supports ActivityPub. Users on Threads can choose to share their posts with other Activity Pub servers, including Mastodon." – Well, only if the instance and/or end user decides so.
Surprised the article doesn't mention the absence of algorithm and advertising in the Fediverse. Imho it's a good selling point.
#threads #activitypub #interoperability #algorithm #advertising
Not sure where to start with Mastodon? Here's some new year coverage from @TechCrunch that provides a great overview. 🫶🏻
Want to learn even more? There's a fantastic community ready to help you level up your Fediverse skills. 🎉
A good Fediverse prediction for 2026:
"The new “ #ActivityRank” algorithm in #Loops will prove that ethical recommendations & decentralization can coexist. @dansup’s approach—where each instance trains its own #algorithm while surfacing content across the #ActivityPub network—will be recognized as a breakthrough in solving the fediverse’s #discoverability problem. By the end of 2026, the pattern will be studied or adopted by other ActivityPub platforms."
https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/12/23/my-open-social-web-predictions.html
A good Fediverse prediction for 2026:
"The new “ #ActivityRank” algorithm in #Loops will prove that ethical recommendations & decentralization can coexist. @dansup’s approach—where each instance trains its own #algorithm while surfacing content across the #ActivityPub network—will be recognized as a breakthrough in solving the fediverse’s #discoverability problem. By the end of 2026, the pattern will be studied or adopted by other ActivityPub platforms."
https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/12/23/my-open-social-web-predictions.html
For Those Who Were Told This Is the Best We Can Do:
We were promised a #future.
What we got was a subscription.
The world told us: #Work hard, play fair, and you will rise.
But the elevator was always broken.
Only the penthouse keys worked.
#Capitalism did not #fail.
It did exactly what it was designed to do.
It turned human time into fuel.
It turned life into a cost factor.
It turned dignity into a luxury brand.
The #system says everyone can win.
This is like a casino saying everyone can leave rich.
The building exists because most people lose.
Once the ruling class wore crowns.
Now they wear hoodies, smiles, and stock options.
Once #exploitation needed whips.
Now it needs apps.
You are told you are free.
But your #freedom ends where rent begins.
Where debt begins.
Where #healthcare begins.
Where #survival begins.
This is not freedom.
This is The Hunger Games, except the Capitol convinced the districts to blame each other for the rules.
The poor fight the poor.
The middle class defends a system that is slowly deleting it.
The rich watch it all like a live stream, asking only one question:
“How do we monetize this?”
You are praised for exhaustion.
#Burnout is called ambition.
Rest is called weakness.
A system that needs you tired cannot afford you awake.
They say: Be grateful you have a #job.
As if survival were a gift.
As if obedience were a virtue.
This is the #Matrix, but instead of machines farming bodies, corporations farm attention, energy, and years of your life — and call it “career growth.”
First, it poisons the water.
Then it sells bottled #hope.
First, it destroys #community.
Then it sells “networking.”
First, it creates loneliness.
Then it sells algorithms pretending to be love.
It tells you:
If you are unhappy, it is your fault.
If you are poor, you didn’t optimize hard enough.
If you fail, you didn’t brand yourself properly.
This is not a system of opportunity.
It is a system of blame #management.
No billionaire earned their wealth alone.
They inherited leverage.
They bought laws.
They rented governments.
Every fortune is built on invisible backs.
Every luxury stands on unpaid overtime somewhere else on the planet.
This is Titanic economics:
First class debates wine pairings.
Third class floods.
And the band plays louder so no one hears the structure cracking.
They don’t fear protests.
They fear understanding.
Because the moment people realize:
* #Poverty is structural
* #Exploitation is intentional
* Inequality is profitable
The spell breaks.
That is why they flood us with culture wars.
That is why they keep us scrolling.
That is why they turn politics into reality TV.
A divided working class is the most efficient resource extraction tool ever invented.
We do not need heroes.
We need awareness.
We do not need saviors.
We need solidarity.
The future will not be built by billionaires.
They only know how to extract, not how to care.
A system that cannot imagine human worth without #profit
has already confessed its moral bankruptcy.
Another world is not only possible.
This one is already impossible.
It survives only because we keep mistaking endurance for consent.
History does not move forward politely.
It moves when people stop believing lies that no longer serve them.
And when that happens —
no #algorithm can suppress it,
no #market can absorb it,
no #empire can rebrand it.
Because ideas whose time has come
do not ask for permission.
They arrive.
#criticism #society #politics #protest #justice #change #ethics #humanrights #humanity #moral #finance