Farcaster

Will we see feed-algorithms-as-a-service (FAAAS) someday? Whereby any FC client allows the user to select their preferred algo from a list of open-source options published in a standard format to GitHub.

Various algos would offer followers only, followers + their followers, language-specific, zero-censorship, OGs, etc

I call this idea the "feed marketplace" as opposed to "feed-as-a-service" which is what @openrank and others are doing. 

The challenge building a "choose your algorithm" is that the most interesting feeds are no longer just "algorithms" or fancy SQL queries.

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Kinda like the best playlists on Spotify aren't the strictly algorithmic ones.  The best playlists have a human curator who throws in some curveballs in addition to the algo suggestions.

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Yeah I get tired very quickly of spotify's recommendations but I like checking a few different playlists regularly: Pollen, Altar, Aloe, Lorem and a bunch of my own playlists

I’m so incredibly bored of everything Spotify recommends me, it’s entirely derivative and I just want to shuffle the algo to get something that is NOT predictably related to what I’ve been listening to.