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Mastodon has no algorithm, if one guy posts 30 things you get them sequentially so it is dominated by who types the most until they eventually annoy you enough

by cma 3y ago

Mastodon has no algorithm, if one guy posts 30 things you get them sequentially so it is dominated by who types the most until they eventually annoy you enough to unfollow them. No algorithm also means you don't filter out their meal photos etc. based on clicking not interested. Twitter is maybe even worse now though, no matter how many times you click not interested on hard right content, street fights, etc. it just forces it on you. They have stop letting you adjust aspects of your feed.

mjr00 3y ago
> Twitter is maybe even worse now though, no matter how many times you click not interested on hard right content, street fights, etc. it just forces it on you. I have literally never seen this stuff in my feed. Are you commenting on or reposting far right content or street fights? Even if you're commenting or reposting to say how awful the content is, that still counts as "engagement" and will cause the algorithm to give you more of it.
- raincole 3y ago
  Anecdotally I've never seen these before. However it keeps pushing AI related posts to me (I never comment or reposting them). I feel it just push a specific topic to a specific account for a while and see if it 'clicks'.
- cma 3y ago
  I clicked not interested every time until I gave up and left the site. I never engage with it with likes or comments.
- escapedmoose 3y ago
  It’s not just that person! I logged back into my long-unused Twitter within the past year (to delete my account) and was presented the same type of content they mentioned above. This despite the fact that my ancient account was dedicated to Animal Crossing memes and whatever books I was reading at the time, never used for anything political. The feed pushed a whole slew of far-right “thinkers,” which was pretty shocking to see.
lucideer 3y ago
> Mastodon has no algorithm This isn't about whether Mastodon is better or any other existing alternative though: people as a group are less interested in individual rational concerns like these and will ultimately go where the network is, and wherever it's going to (yet to be decided) it's clearly moving away from Twitter. Slowly, but surely.
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by cma 3y ago

mjr00 3y ago

> Twitter is maybe even worse now though, no matter how many times you click not interested on hard right content, street fights, etc. it just forces it on you. I have literally never seen this stuff in my feed. Are you commenting on or reposting far right content or street fights? Even if you're commenting or reposting to say how awful the content is, that still counts as "engagement" and will cause the algorithm to give you more of it.

raincole 3y ago
Anecdotally I've never seen these before. However it keeps pushing AI related posts to me (I never comment or reposting them). I feel it just push a specific topic to a specific account for a while and see if it 'clicks'.
cma 3y ago
I clicked not interested every time until I gave up and left the site. I never engage with it with likes or comments.
escapedmoose 3y ago
It’s not just that person! I logged back into my long-unused Twitter within the past year (to delete my account) and was presented the same type of content they mentioned above. This despite the fact that my ancient account was dedicated to Animal Crossing memes and whatever books I was reading at the time, never used for anything political. The feed pushed a whole slew of far-right “thinkers,” which was pretty shocking to see.

lucideer 3y ago

> Mastodon has no algorithm This isn't about whether Mastodon is better or any other existing alternative though: people as a group are less interested in individual rational concerns like these and will ultimately go where the network is, and wherever it's going to (yet to be decided) it's clearly moving away from Twitter. Slowly, but surely.

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