5 new followers today. I know they're bots, & I'm going to block them, but they're getting better at mimicing real accounts (mixing in some AI posts among the stream of RTs). I still wonder what their creators hope to accomplish by following lil ol me?
🚨 Not Breaking: I did not read 24,000 lines of X algorithm code on GitHub in an hour because I am not full of sh*t like the people who said they did.
They asked Grok to summarize it and some just made stuff up.
Here’s what I know:
1. If you post more than 9 times a day, the algorithm makes your 10th post fight a raccoon behind a gas station for distribution.
2. Original content is rewarded, but only after being briefly drowned in a bucket to see if it floats.
3. The algorithm can tell when you opened the app just to check your own likes, and it lowers your reach out of disgust.
4. If your post does well too quickly, the system assumes witchcraft.
5. If you say “I might delete this,” the algorithm immediately knows you won’t.
6. The algorithm can detect when you care too much and will punish you accordingly.
7. If you post a banger after midnight, it gets shown exclusively to Australians, and a divorced man in Ohio.
8. If you say “this needs to be studied,” the algorithm sends your post to people who have never studied anything.
9. If you ask people to repost, the algorithm treats you like a man holding a clipboard outside a grocery store.
10. If you post while calm and reasonable, it assumes your account has been hacked.
11. If your post is doing well, the system checks whether you are enjoying yourself. If yes, it fixes that.
At press time, the algorithm had reportedly changed again because one guy in Nebraska refreshed the app too aggressively.
My verdict: post like a normal person, pray like a medieval peasant, and never trust anyone who says they “figured out the algorithm.”
Just tinkering with ingredients, found something I like, asked Gemini if it has a name, & maybe it's trolling me, but I think it's hilarious that my new favorite drink is called a Grumpy Old Man. [Bourbon, ginger ale, & lime]. Cheers! 😀🥃
Local radio DJ talking about the Mariners going on the road to the Padres this week called it The Vedder Cup &:
1) That's great, I laughed out loud
2) Nobody in San Diego has any idea this is any sort of rivalry
⚾🎶🤘😎✌️
Knee Culture™ on the patio with the puppy & a local distiller. Not bad neat, has a sweetness before the smoke kicks in, I'll probably try mixing it for old fashioned or whiskey sour.
The puppy has declared victory over the trash bag he somehow extracted & shredded. Now he's climbed into my lap & is stalking my shoes (which I'm only wearing to protect my toes from his new teeth). Grrr!
Five songs to get to know me... Rock only:
E=mc^2 by Big Audio Dynamite
Gold Guns Girls by Metric
Voodoo by Godsmack
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man by Prince
I Miss the Misery by Halestorm
Five songs to get to know me… Rock only:
1. Supertramp - Breakfast In America
2. Descendants - Coolage
3. Tool - 46 & 2
4. fIREHOSE - Down With the Bass
5. Husker Du - Don't Want to Know if You're Lonely