Sam Liebeskind
@samliebeskind
product strategy at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Sam Liebeskind
social.coop - a mastodon server that charges a membership fee
- Smaller teams are better
- Faster decisions, fewer meetings, more fun
- No need to chop up work for political reasons
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Top feeds heavily skew towards English content, although there were five Japanese,
four Portuguese, and a single feed each for Indonesian, Ukrainian, and Spanish. The
relative prominence of Japanese and Portuguese reflects the geographic distribution of
the platform’s users (Duarte, 2025). In terms of topic, identity-focused feeds were most
prominent,... See more
four Portuguese, and a single feed each for Indonesian, Ukrainian, and Spanish. The
relative prominence of Japanese and Portuguese reflects the geographic distribution of
the platform’s users (Duarte, 2025). In terms of topic, identity-focused feeds were most
prominent,... See more
The two-tower era: efficient but static
The two-tower architecture has been the workhorse of modern recommendation systems, and for good reason: it’s elegant, scalable, and remarkably effective at learning patterns from massive amounts of data. Here’s how it worked for us once we deployed it in early 2024.
The system had two neural networks working... See more
The two-tower architecture has been the workhorse of modern recommendation systems, and for good reason: it’s elegant, scalable, and remarkably effective at learning patterns from massive amounts of data. Here’s how it worked for us once we deployed it in early 2024.
The system had two neural networks working... See more