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- The author reads the discovery feed daily as a moderator and enjoys its diverse community.
- AI-related content is pervasive and polarizing due to its societal and environmental impacts.
- Pre-existing audiences can boost discoverability, but Bear aims to keep trending accessible for all bloggers.
- Upvotes from large audiences have limited effect on feed duration due to algorithm caps.
- Making upvotes login-only is impractical because blogs are separate domains.
- The author moderates for spam and AI content, but not by topic, to preserve egalitarianism.
- A 'hide blog' feature allows users to curate their feed, promoting extensibility over exclusion.
- The post invites feedback and acknowledges the complexity of balancing discoverability and fairness.