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Re:Scientists No Longer Find X Professionally Useful, and Ha... by IAmGraydon on Friday August 22, 2025 @07:15AM (#44983103)
Do you use social media? You seem unaware of how it’s worked for over a decade.
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Re:Scientists No Longer Find X Professionally Useful, and Ha... by jghn on Friday August 22, 2025 @07:54AM (#44983402)
I have since the early days. And I avoid algorithmic feeds. So I don’t get furry porn she. I read bsky. Or X. Or Insta.

These are non-problems for people who don’t allow them to be

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Re:Scientists No Longer Find X Professionally Useful, and Ha... by Leynos on Friday August 22, 2025 @07:46AM (#44983340)
Normally, I need to follow someone on BlueSky to see their content or content shared by them. It doesn't inject recommendations into my feed.
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Re:Scientists No Longer Find X Professionally Useful, and Ha... by ilikehurdles on Friday August 22, 2025 @09:29AM (#44984443)
The discover feed of bsky on a blank account with no follows or followers or likes had lots of this stuff when I tried it.
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Re:Scientists No Longer Find X Professionally Useful, and Ha... by Leynos on Friday August 22, 2025 @09:35AM (#44984522)
That makes sense.

My discover feed is pretty much all Scottish politics and tech.

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