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Twitter's algorithm optimizes for advertising. I want my algorithm to optimize for my value. Use case: I want to log into Mastodon once or twice a week. I want
by ebiester 3y ago
Twitter's algorithm optimizes for advertising. I want my algorithm to optimize for my value.
Use case: I want to log into Mastodon once or twice a week. I want to follow lots of interesting people and topics, but I don't have time to read it all. So, I want to have an algorithm that allows me to see all things from a subset of accounts I consider friends and, after that, see the most shared and starred from the larger group I follow, then the most shared and starred from the topics I follow.
But if I happen to be browsing more frequently, I can see the chronological feed again in that order: close friends, acquaintances, topics. This isn't what Twitter does: their algorithm does not serve me.
- 0xEF 3y agoGood counter, you and a few others have given me something to consider.