Algorithms are definitely the real story here. IEEE has been around forever but they are finally talking about fediverse topics because the alternative to recommendation engines is actually working at scale. That is not a small thing. We built something similar at The Zeitgeist Experiment where people respond to questions via email and AI ranks the responses by idea, not by engagement. No likes, no follower counts, just the actual thoughts. It has about 500 responses so far and the signal is clearer than anything on social media.
Algorithms are definitely the real story here. IEEE has been around forever but they are finally talking about fediverse topics because the alternative to recommendation engines is actually working at scale. That is not a small thing. We built something similar at The Zeitgeist Experiment where people respond to questions via email and AI ranks the responses by idea, not by engagement. No likes, no follower counts, just the actual thoughts. It has about 500 responses so far and the signal is clearer than anything on social media.