Making the fediverse accessible to all with Quiblr!
Hi, I created the Lemmy client Quiblr which includes a For You feed which constantly evolves with the types of posts you interact with. 100% private and on-device (i.e. no data leaves your device).
On quiblr, you can use the “For You” sort like any other sort option
I appreciate the offer! I have localization features in my pipeline. I’ll let you know
That is the long term vision. This has been just a passion project that I work on the side. But keeping it all react native has made it easier for me to manage 1 app for web, iOS, and Android.
I didn’t want to rush out a native version though. I want it to really utilize native functionality
Thanks a bunch! It took me a while to craft the solution to make sure it was both effective + private. I was originally inspired by Canopy. They built a news aggregator with private & personalized posts a few years back and the idea sat in my head.
To answer your question(s), there are quite a few signals that big tech uses to recommend content. Not all of them are privacy invasive (or at least they don’t HAVE to be). My approach was to do thorough research on the different signals used by big tech to make their recommendation engines, and just build ones that 1.) were possible given fediverse API limitations and 2.) private. I had to craft some novel approaches to make it work but I’m pretty happy with the outcome!
One of the biggest differences between the “big tech” approach and Quiblr’s is that most big tech does not keep data simply on your device. They store it in datacenters to build large social-webs to essentially cluster users (and push more relevant ads).
But I was able utilize many of the other signals used by big tech (e.g. communities you engage with, metadata of content you read, dwell time, post/comment/vote activity) and I designed it to work offline with no servers.
Edit: grammar
I man should be able to walk on lava if he wants. That’s what America was built on.
-Ron Swanson
Technology has gone too far…
That’s a good point. That would be helpful context
This is a fascinating read and very relevant given that Meta is moving closer to connecting Threads (per OP). The article gives a good example with How Google killed XMPP
No joke. Plus I see them all over airports in various languages. I’m sure many people fall victim to QR code scams
I think the struggle is that we still need to build more tools for the fediverse ecosystem. I’ve been building Lemmy frontends but it’s a big lift to make a world class experience for users, moderators, instance owners, etc.
Progress is being made, but I agree that Lemmy was not prepped for the wave of Reddit users.
This is why I’ve never scanned a public QR code. I wouldn’t trust this random qr code to open a link on my phone. Which is unfortunate because I can see how it makes things easier for restaurants
This community in particular or do you feel this toward all of Lemmy?
I really should have read the headline. I thought this was a drawing of an antfarm
I wonder who is funding such efforts 🤔
This dude is straight up frying avocado and rice
This is very relatable
My mind immediately went to the Fire Phone
Love to see more foldable options!
I made quiblr. It’s a lemmy client that includes a For You option