How Flipboard's new Surf app lets you merge social feeds, YouTube, and RSS to escape the algorithm - finally

After a year in beta, its new Android app and website, Surf, go beyond simple news aggregation to incorporate content from social networking protocols like ActivityPub, AT Protocol, and good old Real ...
Yahoo

Researchers built a social network made of AI bots. They quickly formed cliques, amplified extremes, and let a tiny elite dominate.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers set up a simple social network for AI bots to see how they'd behave. Without algorithms or recommendations, the bots ...

Mastodon is making its decentralized social network easier to use with its latest revamp

Mastodon is redesigning user profiles to simplify the experience and better appeal to mainstream users and organizations.

S. Korea moves to curb social media algorithms for children

South Korean lawmakers are seeking legal means to limit exposure of "algorithm-driven" content to children as concerns over ...
Mashable

Why social media algorithms hurt after a breakup

Breaking up has always been hard. But in the digital age, consciously uncoupling has never been more difficult. So, what are the rules of engagement for blocking someone after you've called it quits?
Kellogg School of Management

Algorithm-mediated social learning in online social networks

Citations: Brady, William, Bjorn Lindstrom, Joshua Jackson, MJ Crockett. 2023. Algorithm-mediated social learning in online social networks. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. (10)947-960.

South Korea moves to curb social media algorithms for children

A survey showed that smartphone overuse has been on the rise for teens in South Korea. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.