emptywheelNov 18, 2022
Here's a comment for incoming Twitter users: I've found that some are really put off by the way Mastodon requires push and pull to get to information. Rather than Elmo telling you what to read (and steering you to most incendiary content), you have to go look for it and choose to consume it. Most notably, I've come to think of "Content Warnings" as instead subject lines, just like you'd use in an email, so readers can scan whether they want to read further.
Show threadWarren TerraNov 18, 2022

@emptywheel I have always had my Twitter set to a strictly chronological feed of accounts that I follow, so that might not be so different.

Except, the accounts that I follow won't be getting fed viral-ish tweets by the algorithm, and so won't be retweeting ("boosting") it onto my feed. And definitely won't be quote-tweeting it, as I've repeatedly been told that doesn't exist.

Show threadhiss_driverNov 18, 2022
@warren__terra do you know, is my feed automatically chronological here? I don't see a setting for it
Show threadWarren TerraNov 18, 2022

@hiss_driver According to what I've read, all feeds on Mastodon are chronological, composed of posts by people you follow and posts that someone you follow boosted. Unless I misunderstood, it doesn't show you posts people you follow favorited, and definitely doesn't show you posts that are being favorited and boosted by a lot of people, whom you don't follow.

But: I'm new to Mastodon, and I could have read bad information, or misunderstood what I read.

Show threadhiss_driver

@warren__terra lol thanks, I am as new as you are

but it seems there is not a content-pushing algorithm here. not that I want one, I always had my twitter feed set to chronological.

Nov 18, 2022 at 7:03amWeb