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"Derived from #Yiddish, #frum refers to someone who is religiously observant, typically within #Orthodox #Judaism. Once a niche community, the world of frum #influencers is now carving out a striking presence in one of the internet’s most image-driven, secular spaces.

#Instagram’s growing acceptance within Orthodox #Jewish circles is no small cultural shift. Unlike #TikTok, which many in the frum community view with suspicion due to its unpredictable content #algorithm, Instagram is often seen as more manageable and, in some communities, more permissible. #Yeshivas, seminaries, and even #rabbis have embraced the platform as a space for outreach, teaching, and community-building."

jfeed.com/lifestyle/orthodox-j

The Rise of ‘Frum’ Influencers: How Orthodox Jewish Creators Are Redefin - JFeed - Read on JFeed
JFeed · The Rise of ‘Frum’ Influencers: How Orthodox Jewish Creators Are Redefining InstagramBy Lara Sukster Mosheyof

Watching the SEO community latch onto the MUVERA algorithm with no understanding of what it does or what it's used for is another head-shaking moment. Stop calling the June 2025 Core Algorithm Update the "MUVERA update". Google released MUVERA into the wild in 2024. Other companies are using it to improve their own machine learning processes. It's an evolutionary step forward, to be sure, but not in the way Web marketers are making it out to be.

#PhysicsFactlet
Finding the roots of a function is a very common problem in computational Physics, and the bisection method is a simple and effective (albeit far from optimal) way to do that.
The idea is that you start by "bracketing" your root between a value of x where the function is negative and one where it is positive. You then take the midpoint between them, check if your function there is positive or negative and update the bracket.

People in the Fediverse often say that #socialMedia without #algorithms that are programmed for profits let them feel calmer and better.
Algorithms of the big platforms can make people indeed ill. More and more influencers or social media #creators get #burnout symptoms: "There’s no off button in this job. The algorithms never stop. You can’t pause the internet." theguardian.com/media/2025/jul

The Guardian · ‘You can’t pause the internet’: social media creators hit by burnoutBy Dan Milmo

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Latest version of #FediAlgo, the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed, allows for the use of multiple accounts on multiple Mastodon servers. Also fixes some #GoToSocial interoperability issues.

* Link: michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fe
* Code: github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/f
* Video of FediAlgo in action: universeodon.com/@cryptadamist
* Release notes: github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/f

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@heybran define "algorithm". Technically, all software is an #algorithm. But if you mean "algorithmic feed" then, kind of. Algorithmic feeds are when the software chooses which posts are included in your main feed based on characteristics of that content and not just your following list. #Mastodon does this with hashtags. It doesn't choose those hashtags for you, which makes it a very customizable "algorithm". There's also the Explore tag, which has an "algorithm" that's chosen by your instance.

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Latest release of #FediAlgo, the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed, lets you blur / hide images marked as sensitive / #NSFW, which solves the "unwanted dick pics in your feed" issue that can come up when users of one of the more "risque" fediverse servers manage to make one of their favourite hashtags trend.

* Link: michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fe
* Code: github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/f
* Video of FediAlgo in action: universeodon.com/@cryptadamist
* Release notes: github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/f

"My #algorithm knows I’m #Jewish.

It knows that I light candles on Fridays, that I overstay my welcome on videos with #Hebrew text, and that I once clicked “like” on a clip of an IDF soldier singing “#Shalom Aleichem.” Now, my “For You Page” — a personalized content feed on my social media — is a buffet of #Torah, trauma and trendified #Talmud."

jweekly.com/2025/06/24/you-may

J. · Social media shapes your identity, even your Jewish oneAlgorithms reward extremes — the flashy, the provocative, the viral — not the nuanced or the complex. Judaism will suffer for it.