Notices by Aris Teon (aristeon@tooting.ch)

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MuskChan is reportedly planning to charge "business accounts $1,000 per month if they want to stay verified. Any affiliate accounts under the bigger corporate account will cost an additional $50/month."

#Twitter #Musk

https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/04/elon-musk-charging-brands-1000-month-gold-checkmark/

@evan everything sounds good except: do you have specific examples? And have you thought about unintended consequences? I don't care about any suggestion where unintended consequences (which are plausible, such as the emergence of silos, tribalism, outrage gaming of the nonchronological algorithms etc) are ignored, dismissed and glossed over. And for what? What is the actual benefit of nonchronological algorithms specifically on which platform?

@scottbw @evan maybe you do and maybe you don't, a persuasive argument. Do you have your own fediverse app? And how are the algorithms changing your timeline? Show us the outcome.

Anyway, my argument is about changes that affect everyone, such as instances or popular apps like Mastodon doing it. Few people will build their own apps, so that is not relevant for most users.

@scottbw @evan certainly not by having a few loud voices impose a model that has always failed. If we must renegotiate the rules every minute, there's no governance, and people will leave. Having a chronological timeline and no Quote blogs seems like a sound basis.

Chronological timelines have worked on FB, Twitter and here. If that changes, people can draw their own conclusions. I will move somewhere else.

@evan who is we in this context? Is there going to be a democratic one person one vote decision? Or are the loudest voices entitled to decide for everyone else? And how are these algorithms going to be implemented? A chronological timeline has always worked, on FB, Twitter and here. You suggest to change that and create a curated experience which leads to plenty of unintended consequences, such as ppl being left out, outrage amplified and accounts gaming the algorithms.

@evan if the majority here want to overhaul the timeline and start a huge experiment in algorithms, I'm out of here. I have no interest in replacing what has always worked well thanks to its simplicity with a variety of algorithms and endless discussions about how to implement them.

@blaine @jeffjarvis @evan @timbray @Michele @kathygriffin when ppl say algorithm they mean a nonchronological, algorithmically curated timeline based on engagement or other criteria. I think the timeline should stay chronological because any other criterion can lead to amplifying controversy, outrage or can be influenced by various biases. I don't understand why some people are pushing for this.

I uninstalled Duolingo after it implemented that new learning path which I found so boring to grind through. There was no flexibility and I didn't even know what I was going to learn next.

I was learning Swedish just for fun about 10-15 minutes a day. Actually I'd like to pick it up again.

What's your opinion on the learning path? Has it improved? Or can you recommend another app that's as good as Duolingo?

Reblogs appreciated as usual. Thanks!

#languages #Duolingo #learning #svenska

@blaine being here is so, so much better! I had been missing for years what we had lost because of corporate consolidation on the internet. I just find it stunning how people willingly participated in and encouraged it.