Notices by Rin/Mari Clarity (rinmari@urusai.social)

@FediTips

My favorite part is when people say "Bluesky has no algorithm" (as someone who studied computer science, I hate that "algorithm" has become this dirty and evil word). This is false. It does has a bunch of algo feeds that one can subscribe to (https://bsky.app/feeds). Things like "Discover", "Popular with friends", and so on. You're not forced or nagged to look at these feeds, but they do exist for anyone who wishes to use them.

Furthermore all Bluesky posts can be boosted by algorithmic feeds; there's no "unlisted" post setting. Forced discoverability is not good for someone who just wants a quiet social media presence.

Finally, blocks are public, which is a world of drama waiting to happen. There's even a block leaderboard https://clearsky.app

@protonprivacy If you truly support human rights then Andy Yen will either have a change of heart about his support for Trump, or step down as CEO.

Fedi protip:

Hashtags are still useful even for non-Public posts. They can be used to find your own posts or for others to filter.

@lookitmychicken I use YTM since I can also listen to videos as music and also upload songs to my personal library, and for discovering artists and sharing playlists (since YouTube playlists aren't paywalled).

Of course, if I really like a particular artist then I look for ways to buy the music directly from them, like Bandcamp or Itch.