ZGM Feed Changelog

#ZGMFeedChangelog The LA vs. ICE feed now sorts post in a blended trending fashion. Some new posts will appear alongside slightly older, topical trending posts from within the last four hours. If you would like to return to the chronological order of posts use this feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog Major LA vs. ICE feed change: Will mostly be top-level posts only now. The only replies that will populate the feed will be from users in lists and starter packs curated by @richardferro.xyz, @absolutereality.blog, and @melbuer.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog This change is intended to improve the quality of the feed and give more prominence to reply-type posts by the journalists and protesters on the ground who often use personal mega-threads in their reporting. Let me know your thoughts! bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog For the South Bay feed users: - Scrolled through the last month of posts w/ "Torrance" in it, set up filters for a lot of posts about The Shining (Jack/Wendy Torrance). - Similarly, I need to do a cleanup for posts w/ "Hawthorne" as it's a common last name. bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog - Added a large collection of filters for the term "Skid Row". Should be more likely posts will be about the LA neighborhood and not the metal band or any other city's neighborhood that shares the name. bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog - Posts about the following destinations should now populate the feed: the Wiltern, California Science Center, La Brea Tar Pits, and Aquarium of the Pacific bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog - The LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell has been added to the list of people keywords. - Gloria Molina was also added to the list, mostly to pick up mentions of "Gloria Molina Grand Park" as just Grand Park on its own was too generic a phrase. bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog I've almost certainly forgotten something, but that's the brunt of changes that have happened since I last updated! As always let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns! bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog - There are too many specifics to mention, but note that posts about the LA county cities of San Fernando, Malibu, Bellflower, Inglewood, and Compton have additional filtering to ensure their relevance to the LA feed. bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog It's been a while since I updated the changelog. Here's a thread of changes I've made to the feed: - I deployed Graze's custom nodes to the feed on the ~19th, but after some testing I reverted it. They're still a little finicky, but hope to adopt them soon bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog - Filters were added to posts w/ "Reseda" to remove Botany-oriented posts about the mignonette plant (e.g. Reseda Odorata) - Posts that mention the LA neighborhood of Westlake must now also include another LA related term like MacArthur Park. bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog - Any posts with links to LA Metro's blog "The Source", @awalkerinla.bsky.social's Torched LA newsletter, as well as the sites for @streetsblogla.bsky.social, @urbanizela.bsky.social or @lapublicpress.bsky.social will now populate the feed. bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog In line with the above, mentions of LA Governor Jeff Landry are also excluded. bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog - Post w/ "LA" now can't also mention the state of Louisiana. I wanted posts like "I'm so glad I left Louisiana for LA" to be able to populate the feed, but "LA" being the abbreviation for Louisiana introduced a lot of non-Los Angeles content to the feed. bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog It's been a while since I updated the changelog. Here's a thread of changes I've made to the feed: - I deployed Graze's custom nodes to the feed on the ~19th, but after some testing I reverted it. They're still a little finicky, but hope to adopt them soon bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog I've sifted through the last month of all posts on Bluesky that mention "South Bay" to create this filter list that should make it far more likely a post w/ "South Bay" is about LA's South Bay and not New York's, Boston's, the UK's, or the San Francisco Bay Area's South Bay

#ZGMFeedChangelog - Despite the South Bay being a major region of LA, it wasn't a keyword in my LA Metro Area feed due to how many places outside of LA that have a "South Bay," but no longer!!! bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog - Posts about LA County Sheriff Robert Luna, LA Metro's CEO Stephanie Wiggins, and all members of LA Metro's Board of Directors that aren't in LA CIty or County leadership (like Glendale City Councilmember Ara Najarian) should now populate the feed. bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog Another SGV region update for my LA Metro Area feed: - Mentions of "Alhambra" are more likely to be about the city in California, not the location in Spain. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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#ZGMFeedChangelog For the SGV users of my LA Metro Area feed: - Posts w/ "Arcadia" must now read as "Arcadia, CA/California" or also include a mention of: an arterial road in the city, the LA Arboretum, or Santa Anita Park

#ZGMFeedChangelog I suspect the Sun Valley one will still need substantial additional tweaking. There's a surprising number of posts about this place.

#ZGMFeedChangelog - Posts w/ "Sunland" have new filters to prevent the New Mexican horse racing park from populating the feed. - Instances of "Sun Valley" are more likely to be about the LA neighborhood and not the Idaho city where lots of winter sporting events happen. bsky.app/profile/did:...

#ZGMFeedChangelog - Long ago "Hollywood" was removed from the keywords: content was about the industry and "Hollywood elites" rather than the neighborhood. Today it returns. - Filtered posts w/ "Chatsworth" to ensure it's the LA neighborhood, not the British Park/Manor House bsky.app/profile/did:...