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Probably the nicest bonus feature of Mastodon is that I can subscribe to a friend's original posts but unsubscribe to their "boosts," which is Mastodon's way to
by zeta0134 3y ago
Probably the nicest bonus feature of Mastodon is that I can subscribe to a friend's original posts but unsubscribe to their "boosts," which is Mastodon's way to quickly share content. This way I can follow artists that make cool stuff I want to keep up with, but I don't have to see their political reblogs and other interactions, which helps to cut down considerably on the noise.
It's great because it's granular at the friend level. Some of my follows do legitimately act as curators, infrequently boosting cool content that I do want to see. Some are more noisy, and I can pick and choose and tailor my own feed accordingly. It's a nice happy medium, one I'd like to see other platforms emulate if possible, but I suspect they won't because the algorithmic feed is much easier for advertisers to pay to manipulate.
- CameronNemo 3y agoI wish SoundCloud supported this.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoSomeone should make SoundCloud for the Fediverse.
- kelseyfrog 3y agoDoes Funkwhale count? https://funkwhale.audio/ https://funkwhale.audio/
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- CameronNemo 3y agoWhile it is a cool piece of software, it doesn't really work like Mastodon or SoundCloud. That said, you can post audio clips on Mastodon quite easily.
- epolanski 3y agoThis is what made me delete my Twitter account. I may follow a software engineer that writes books on functional programming but I just don't care about his stupid dogs or his alt right political ideas.
- unmole 3y ago> Mastodon is that I can subscribe to a friend's original posts but unsubscribe to their "boosts," Wait, you can do this?! I guess I wasn't paying attention. Time to give Mastodon another go.