This is outstanding!
Not being based on “rengagement” or “monetization” means it’s purely interest-based, with a touch of serendipity.
One of BSKY’s distinctive features was to have “pluggable” algorithms. Fediverse would do well to support it so people who are not into the technical weeds could choose how their feed is curated.
Yeah after making an algorithm for peertube I’m gonna say this is too complicated to implement. That graphic might be the the plan and it’s something more simplistic.
Making a simple cosign vector for peertube was a pain
Well. This is good news.
Can you personalize your own ranking algo that can be shared with friends? That’s the breakthrough we’re all waiting for…
Not that I know of, but you could make a feature request if one doesn’t already exist https://github.com/joinLoops
That would be extremely groovy. Even just having a few flavours of algorithm that you can choose from would be really cool.
that’s kinda how bluesky works with the feeds and all
Isn’t loops open source?
Yes
So then this is just a shorter explanation, and not “publishing” the algorithm? Because before already anyone could read the code and understand how it works, it would have just taken longer.
I suppose that by using the word “publish”, I made it sound like the algorithm had been private until this point. I could probably have chosen a better phrasing like “published breakdown illustration”.
Technically, yes the info would be available but not everyone is able to read code so this is a welcome additional bit of info and transparency. I also see it as an example of how future open source social media platforms can promote and demonstrate the way their algorithms work as opposed to the black boxes of proprietary web apps like Instagram etc (which, while not algorithmically transparent or open, have been pretty well established to have algorithms that prioritize maximizing time on platform and engagement over all else with some serious negative repercussions for that).
anyone could read the code and understand how it works
“Anyone” is doing some heavy lifting here.
Sorry for being pedantic since your comment is true anyway, but “could” is the one doing the heavy lifting.
Personally, I would not be able to understand this, looking at the code (or any code). I appreciere that they shared a visualization of it. If you’re hung up on the word “publish” instead of “share”, “posts” or “shows”, then I think its redundant
The same way “anyone” could make an HTML5 compliant browser. The reality is you can’t do it unless Google lets you.
Hoping for something like this for PeerTube and personal customisation of the algorithm.
I can’t even zoom into the picture on mobile on this website
this is from the post, that this post links to
Cooool
Loops… Algorithm???
… yes?
That is surprising for those who have a long familiarity with Loops. The chronological timeline was a major selling point.
Loops kind of sucks.
No u
I mean, tell me I’m wrong. Tell me that there is good content. Tell me it functions well.
It’s still in early stages. Give it time :)
It’s literally in its infant stages. You think any of the major social media sites just started out with a bajillion accounts and a neverending feed? I remember signing up for Facebook and Instagram in the very early days. It looked like the fediverse.
You can do something about the content 😊
I tried. The UI sucks.
I think the stuff i post is pretty neat… Ben Glish is on there now too, that’s cool!
It’s kind of in beta.
