Social media algorithms can be redesigned to bridge divides — here’s how
"It falls to both the tech companies that built these systems and an engaged public to create technologies designed for social cohesion."
Social media algorithms can be redesigned to bridge divides — here’s how
"It falls to both the tech companies that built these systems and an engaged public to create technologies designed for social cohesion."
Semble Explore Feed and Follow Graph
🧵 On social media, we feel trapped in “filter bubbles” and “echo chambers.” Often, we see this as a problem with the algorithm. Our new essay argues the problem is the feed interface itself: it constrains our movement—all we can do is scroll. We lay out an alternative vision:
From Feeds to Trails
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Post-Naive Internet
Communication Systems
Alternative communication systems with an emphasis on decentralization
social hypertext
http gave us hypertext. atproto gives us social hypertext.
Science x social media
Towards the Post-Naive Internet
Welcome to the Post-Naive Internet Era
A new app, HyperTexting, turns the open web into a scrollable social media-like feed | TechCrunch
marking off AI slop / seo spam pages experimenting with collective action on the whole internet
HTTP gave us hypertext, atproto gives us "social hypertext"
Building on some of @chrisshank.com's work, what if we had browsers that were atproto-native? orange link = in your PDS green link = in the…
Unsorted interesting articles/papers
ATProto Memes
Community Search Engines
Meta/Facebook - Cautionary Tales
+ Instagram/Threads, Zuckerburg, etc
Meta/Facebook - Cautionary Tales
+ Instagram/Threads, Zuckerburg, etc
Social media (unsorted)
Will probably be sorted into separate collections
Loneliness Epidemic
AT Protocol apps (by あ) — Semble
atmosphere.community
Social context aggregation (by Wesley Finck) — Semble
ATProto, Activitypub and FOSS applications (by CN bug hrs) — Semble
Why Cosmik Network? (by Wesley Finck) — Semble
Science Must Decentralize
Lea: research-oriented social media
Mastodon pilot for research and education
We appreciate the love ❤️ But limited engagement and few followers on Bsky makes some (not us!) question whether it's worth it Be sure to…
In an era where research evaluation methods are evolving, the Research Contribution Claim Network makes trustworthy tracking of non-traditional research output easy!
This feed built with love by your local #FAccT2026 publicity chair and #1 fan of @graze.social. If you're interested in fairness and ethics…
ATProto Science Community Garden (by ATProto Science) — Semble
Social (media) tools
May or may not include Bluesky
Lawsuits involving Meta Platforms
Capital One customers seek class certification over data disclosure to Meta, Google
What the Verdict Against Meta and Google Says About the Way We Live Now
Meta must face Massachusetts lawsuit over youth social media addiction, court rules
Meta Unfairly Targeted Older Workers During Layoffs Last Year, Lawsuit Claims
Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case
Lawsuits involving Meta Platforms
Capital One customers seek class certification over data disclosure to Meta, Google
What the Verdict Against Meta and Google Says About the Way We Live Now
Meta must face Massachusetts lawsuit over youth social media addiction, court rules
Meta Unfairly Targeted Older Workers During Layoffs Last Year, Lawsuit Claims
Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case
What is Causing Our Epidemic of Loneliness and How Can We Fix It?
America has a loneliness epidemic. Here are 6 steps to address it
Phone-free spaces (by Shiran Dudy) — Semble
Homebound: The Long-Term Rise in Time Spent at Home Among U.S. Adults
The Anti-Social Century
You have more ways to connect than ever, but deep friendship feels hard to find – here’s how to build better connections
Semble (@semble.so)
Drydown (@drydown.social)
Semble (@semble.so)
AT://meme (@atproto.meme)
ATProtoDigest memes (by nate) — Semble
nate (@zzstoatzz.io)
The Age of PageRank is Over
Informatics of the Oppressed
Peer Knowledge Assisted Search Using Community Search Logs
A survey of community search over big graphs
Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment
Curated vs open search (by Ronen Tamari) — Semble
【沖縄県知事選挙】SNS「X」の投稿の約9割は県外から 選挙戦への影響も | 沖縄のニュース｜RBC 琉球放送 (1ページ)
Meta's $17 Billion Settlement is a Bad Deal for Teens and All Social
Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform
So the people launching a new Twitter under the name Twitter launched their thing so I signed up. Turns out they have an AI scanning tweets…
20 shared papers
総務省がグーグルやXなど5社に勧告 情プラ法に基づく報告に不備：朝日新聞
Male-like ornamentation in female hummingbirds results from social harassment rather than sexual selection
Ente Space
Roster — Your relationships are yours
j4ckxyz/tweets-2-bsky
Escape-X - Let's take back control of our digital spaces!
HelloQuitX - Let's Quit X together]
HelloQuitX - Let's Quit X together]
