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> People spamming their own followers should be ... pretty self-limiting. You haven’t met my family.

• dredmorbius 7y ago
  Then you probably want to use lists. This is a technical reference, though you should get a notion of capabilities from it. The UI controls are under the "Getting Started" pane, or individually on List or User panes. https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/timelines/lists/ https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/timelines/lists/ I have about three primary ones, simply "A", "B", and "C", by priority. "A" is small and a select set of high-quality contacts I interact with frequently. "B" is far more generous. "C" is mostly oversharers. In practice I don't have that visible. I'll pin "A", "B", and "Home" (all following) most often. There are a few additional utility lists, infrequently used. Two sets for press/media ("Press" and "Voluble press", the second rarely gets used). One of a set of Mastodon admins. You'd probably want "Family" and "Family I Have to Follow" or something like that. And can probably figure out which goes where and what to do with them. Another option would be to have your general and family-specific accounts / instances, and treat those as you prefer. No reason not to segregate your social circles as suits you. I follow ... just under 666 profiles. That's a lot, though lists keep the flow managable and interesting. My pinned toots give a few other suggestions. This being one I live by, effectively, block liberally: https://mastodon.cloud/@dredmorbius/102504802435025145 https://mastodon.cloud/@dredmorbius/102504802435025145