4 ms·

Is threads less... political now? Without saying if something political is even good or bad, I just don't want to see it. I blocked close to 500 people & `not

• turquoisevar 3y ago
  It seems heavily drive by algorithms My feed is almost pure politics because I engaged with some My SO’s in the other hand is all wholesome sunshine and rainbows, I’m trying to protect that by just showing the occasional thing in my screen instead of sending it to her
• vitorgrs 3y ago
  I think depends on the algorithm, but the algo is fairly broken. I know some people are complaining about "For You" full of "almost naked" persons there... Mine is mostly about tech, I believe. Which is a problem for me because I like political things, so I still use X, don't judge me. But there's a chronological-following timeline on Threads anyway. The problem is that there's no way to really control the algo timeline. You can't say you don't want these type of posts, or add topics you are interested - like Twitter. All it cares it's the posts you like. As I like my friends (tech) posts, that's all I get. Plus some cats.
  • goles 3y ago
    Maybe my approach was wrong. I should have liked more than I disliked as feedback into the algorithm. It's just odd to me because my Instagram feed is great.
• matsemann 3y ago
  No idea what you're doing to see that. Either view your feed of people you're following, or follow curated or algorithmic feeds to your liking. That's the whole point of bsky, the choice.
  • threeseed 3y ago
    You have exactly the same choice on Threads.