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Mastodon doesn't have algorithmic recommendations, so you have to follow people fairly liberally to get a good amount of content in your feed.
by 7jjjjjjj 3y ago
Mastodon doesn't have algorithmic recommendations, so you have to follow people fairly liberally to get a good amount of content in your feed.
- phs318u 3y agoThis exactly. Furthermore, Mastodon rewards those that want to actively participate in communities. It does not reward lurkers who want to passively (doom)scroll.
- gedy 3y agoThat's... kind of dumb? What's wrong with lurking if you don't have much to say on a topic, but want to observe?
- seanw444 3y agoMakes sense if the goal is to get content flowing. Doesn't make sense if you want the quality of content to be good.
- cutemonster 3y agoHow does that work? If Alice posted once the last months, and Bob 20 times, and they both post another post, then ... maybe Mastodon will promote Bob's post and demote Alice's because Bob has been more active? (I would have preferred the opposite, hmm)
- brewdad 3y agoI don't think Mastodon has "promotion". If Alice posts once and Bob 20 times, you'll see Bob all over your feed and can easily miss Alice's post unless you seek it out. There is a retweet type feature (I forget the name) but I'm not sure it really does much to get Alice's message out to a wider audience.
- cutemonster 3y agoOk thanks :-)