Reader proposes PID-controller feed aggregator to replace ad-driven social algorithms

xiaosun86 · x · 2026-11-02

A user suggested Andrej Karpathy build a personal feed aggregator with a PID controller pulling from X, Threads, Instagram and RedNote — filtering out ads and noise, then feeding engagement signals back to each platform's algorithm, shifting from ad/addiction-driven to token-driven "infomaxxing." A screenshot shows a multi-column reader with per-source quotas (X 59%, Instagram 18%, Threads 9%, RedNote 14%) tuned like control-loop parameters.

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