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digitpatrox3 weeks ago
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Facebook’s New Friends-Only Feed Lets You Scroll Like It’s 2008

Facebook wants to be your friend again, by showing you what your real friends are up to. In an attempt to save itself from the AI slop and clickbaity images that are all over its algorithmic feed, Facebook is now updating its mobile app’s dedicated Friends tab to be a whole feed, showing you updates only from the real people…
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digitpatrox3 weeks ago
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Facebook launches Friends tab: a new feed that ditches algorithmic junk

Facebook is trying to go back to its roots with a new “Friends” tab that filters out the algorithmic recommendations that have taken over its main feed. The new tab is rolling out in the US and Canada, and will show your friends’ stories, reels, posts, and birthdays. In a blog post announcing the feature, the company says, “Over the…
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digitpatrox3 weeks ago
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You Can Finally Change Your Default Feed on Threads

It finally happened: Threads officially allows you to choose a default feed to see when you open the app, whether that be “Following” or a custom feed you’ve created yourself. This means that when you open Threads, you’ll be able to view posts from the accounts you chose to follow, instead of seeing what the algorithm wants you to. Meta…
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digitpatroxJanuary 23, 2025
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Tumblr’s experimental GIF feed finally launches after 10 years

Illustration: The Verge Tumbler has finally launched Tumblr TV as a new tab at the top of its app, the company said today in a brief set of update notes spotted by TechCrunch. Tumblr TV first debuted as a GIF-finding feature in 2015, but now it includes video content as well. Screenshot: Tumblr TV According to Tumblr, “New users will…
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digitpatroxJanuary 9, 2025
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How to Keep Politics Out of Your Instagram Feed

Do you like your Instagram algorithm, but hate that it’s missing political posts from accounts you don’t follow? You’re in luck: Starting this week in the U.S. (and next week for the rest of the world) Meta is going to start adding political content to your recommendations on Instagram and Threads by default. If you’re thinking, “Hey, didn’t Instagram have…
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digitpatroxJanuary 9, 2025
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Google can turn your Discover feed into an AI-generated podcast

Google is testing an experimental AI feature that creates a personalized podcast using your Search and Discover feed history. The Daily Listen feature in Google’s Search Labs is rolling out to Android and iOS users in the US according to 9to5Google, and works similarly to the Audio Overviews feature for Google’s NotebookLM project. Daily Listen references search data and Discover…
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digitpatroxDecember 19, 2024
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How I Use My RSS Feed for Bluesky and Mastodon

It’s understandable if you’re a little burnt out on social media at the moment. I put off setting up a Bluesky account for years, mostly because I didn’t want yet another service to think about. At the same time, though, a lot of interesting people have shifted their posting to alternative sites like Bluesky account. The good news: you can…
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digitpatroxDecember 18, 2024
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Flipboard’s Surf app is a feed reader for the fediverse

Mike McCue, the CEO of Flipboard and an internet entrepreneur since the Netscape days, is a true believer in the fediverse. He doesn’t love the word: he’d much rather call it “the social web.” But whatever you want to call the open, decentralized, interconnected social networking experience that apps like Mastodon and Bluesky promise, McCue is absolutely convinced it’s the…
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digitpatroxNovember 26, 2024
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Threads Is Testing the Ability to Pick Your Default Feed

On Friday, I wrote about how Threads is making some big changes to its platform—namely, the “For you” feed will start prioritizing accounts you follow, rather than accounts you don’t. To me, that sounds like how a social media platform should operate in the first place, but, hey, it’s “new.” It seemed obvious impetus for the change is the recent…
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digitpatroxNovember 18, 2024
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How to Moderate Your Own Feed on Bluesky

Quick Links Your Home Page, Just How You Like It Mute (or Block) the Noise One of the most remarkable features of Bluesky is its approach to the home page. Forget about the deluge of sponsored posts mixed in with algorithm-optimized engagement bait that you’re used to seeing—in Bluesky, you’re in control of what you see and how often you…
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