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Having switched to my own Mastodon host (https://social.mailpace.com/@paul https://social.mailpace.com/@paul), there are two huge differences: 1. I (almost) on

Having switched to my own Mastodon host (https://social.mailpace.com/@paul https://social.mailpace.com/@paul), there are two huge differences: 1. I (almost) only see content and topics from people I follow. Which means everything is specific to the interests of the people I choose to follow, and that list needs to be curated well 2. There are no ads, anywhere. Nothing. It’s so strange to experience this and so refreshing It’s definitely a little quieter than Twitter, which is also quite nice. You can read your feed once or twice a day and be caught up.

K5EiS 4y ago
I don't see how that is any different than Twitter to be honest. I only see posts from people I follow and I see no ads even without Twitter Blue.
- albertgoeswoof 4y ago
  On Ads, perhaps you have an adblocker on your desktop, but on mobile you’ll end up forced to use an app, and given twitter’s api is now pretty much closed off, there will be ads in those clients/apps. Elon needs to make money, and you will eventually see ads or give him money if you use his platform
  - K5EiS 4y ago
    I was about to specify I use Ublock, however I don't get any ads on mobile either. Scrolling down maybe 10 pages worth and not a single ad.
  - zhte415 4y ago
    Before Elon, Twitter needed to make money too; it had long distanced itself from its pre-2010ish self in mission and leadership, though that statement suggests at least some independence over the drift of the population during that time.
  - pipeline_peak 4y ago
    Don’t the people hosting these instances need to make money as well?
    - wlonkly 4y ago
      Some of them self-fund, some of them solicit donations, and at least one I know of has a sponsorship. But they don't generally seek to make a profit, just cover costs.
- endorphine 4y ago
  True that, thanks to uBlock Origin though. Browsing the web without it nowadays is crazy.
endorphine 4y ago
> 1. I (almost) only see content and topics from people I follow. Which means everything is specific to the interests of the people I choose to follow, and that list needs to be curated well Why "almost" though? Does Mastodon shows tweets from people you don't follow? Or is that a preference setting for this?
- albertgoeswoof 4y ago
  People retweet/boost posts, and if you add relays to your instance you’ll see “trends” and other topics in the federated timeline
  - bronikowski 4y ago
    My client (tut) has option of disabling boosts, I like my timeline like that.
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jillesvangurp 4y ago
It's like Twitter used to be. The feed is time sorted. You can filter by hash tag. There is no AI driven second guessing of what you may or may not like to see.
jghn 4y ago
> I (almost) only see content and topics from people I follow I have the same thing on Twitter.

K5EiS 4y ago

I don't see how that is any different than Twitter to be honest. I only see posts from people I follow and I see no ads even without Twitter Blue.

albertgoeswoof 4y ago
On Ads, perhaps you have an adblocker on your desktop, but on mobile you’ll end up forced to use an app, and given twitter’s api is now pretty much closed off, there will be ads in those clients/apps. Elon needs to make money, and you will eventually see ads or give him money if you use his platform
- K5EiS 4y ago
  I was about to specify I use Ublock, however I don't get any ads on mobile either. Scrolling down maybe 10 pages worth and not a single ad.
- zhte415 4y ago
  Before Elon, Twitter needed to make money too; it had long distanced itself from its pre-2010ish self in mission and leadership, though that statement suggests at least some independence over the drift of the population during that time.
- pipeline_peak 4y ago
  Don’t the people hosting these instances need to make money as well?
  - wlonkly 4y ago
    Some of them self-fund, some of them solicit donations, and at least one I know of has a sponsorship. But they don't generally seek to make a profit, just cover costs.
endorphine 4y ago
True that, thanks to uBlock Origin though. Browsing the web without it nowadays is crazy.

endorphine 4y ago

> 1. I (almost) only see content and topics from people I follow. Which means everything is specific to the interests of the people I choose to follow, and that list needs to be curated well Why "almost" though? Does Mastodon shows tweets from people you don't follow? Or is that a preference setting for this?

albertgoeswoof 4y ago
People retweet/boost posts, and if you add relays to your instance you’ll see “trends” and other topics in the federated timeline
- bronikowski 4y ago
  My client (tut) has option of disabling boosts, I like my timeline like that.

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jillesvangurp 4y ago

It's like Twitter used to be. The feed is time sorted. You can filter by hash tag. There is no AI driven second guessing of what you may or may not like to see.

jghn 4y ago

> I (almost) only see content and topics from people I follow I have the same thing on Twitter.