Protopian
@protopian.bsky.social
Be curious, not judgmental. Questioning the status quo. Trying to build bridges over the chasms that divide us. Not accepting the default. Interested in governance, social media, coordination, systems, and law. Believing that progress is possible 🔍❄️🕸�
whats the algo situation rn? i have some feeds, but how do i curate them so its not purely chronological? (sidenote: an algo idea would be some sort of prioritization of best posts since last refresh to deemphasize purely chronological)
very interesting escaping the imposed algo and the distortions created by it is definitely one of the draws of bluesky as an alternative
Noticed that as of right now, The Menswear Guy’s last two posts have more total engagement on here than they have on Twitter where he has ~4x the followers. If that website’s algorithms are even broken for a giant account like his, then they’re broken for everyone else who’s not far-right as well.
hello friends, who’s here and what’s new? any lists or other functions i should know about?
any good tpot feeds or anything else i should know if it’s been a minute since i’ve been in the sky?
can anyone share how to make the popular with friends feed work? 200+ follows in english not enough?
unintended consequences are undefeated this is the difference beteeen working with complex systems with independent actors responding to the changing dynamics versus systems where you can generally model how all the components will interact
why does my reading list expand exponentially while my reading speed remains linear
been in a bit of a rut. positive vibes/energy/metta appreciated
just starting, funnily enough @jay.bsky.team had met @annagat.bsky.social back in 2019 (i believe) in SF
this one's starting in a few mins, will be live tweeting through it
VIBECAMP BAR ALERT the beloved @scrmshw and i are once again hosting an open bar at vibecamp. handcrafted classy cocktail edition 🍸🍹🥂WITH magical non alcoholic elixir options as well to help fund it send cash to @myceliummage on venmo.
have a couple of upcoming dates with interesting, pretty women, connected a bit with someone at a happy hour yesterday, and have had some nice dates with my neighbor but still feeling a bit sad boi and wondering if i’ll ever find my person 😔 stop it, brain! y can’t u just b happy?
there are a lot of reasons i’ve mostly shifted to this app. though im a lay person, there seems to be a lot of potential with the underlying technology, but maybe even more importantly is the mindset and vision of the team that they demonstrate every day this is the way
Even if I were the nicest, wisest benevolent dictator to ever grace the face of the earth (and I can make no guarantees about that), the companies that run social platforms outlast individual leadership. This public square would inevitably be ruined like any other.
one of the biggest barriers to expressing my ideas is that there’s often so much underlying context necessary to get through before i can convey the actual idea i’m thinking about
holy fuck all the discussion about tpot and legibility the last few days and i read this:
you skeet underwear on a plane one time 😩
SIMULATED POST BY @protopian.bsky.social: every flight i have ever been on someone forgets their underwear in the bathroom and the flight attendant makes an announcement over the speaker system asking if anyone forgot their underwear
increasingly thinking about writing this (and started drafting something monday) might include more on tpot and community too
thinking about writing a blog post on bluesky, moderation, free speech, and community norms not sure i’ll have the activation energy to get over my executive dysfunction, especially to ease into the murky waters. but at least considering it
it’s not called tpot unless it comes from the tpot region of twitter, otherwise it is just a sparkly, densely connected subgraph of twitter power users (also called tpot—no relation)
how is this book going to just throw out terms like “usufruct rights” without defining them