Mastodawn

Dr. Casey Fiesler Nov 24, 2022

So someone on tiktok was complaining that on mastodon there's no way to see "popular" posts, and I pointed out that it's just a chronological feed rather than a curation algorithm and they said they don't like it because they "have to sift through a bunch of boring posts to find gems."

I've always thought that lots of people SAY they don't like curation/recommendation and would rather just see everything, but they don't actually mean that. 🤷‍♀️

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Daniel Durrans

@cfiesler I want both, with the default being chronological.

What I don't want is an unaccountable algorithm trying to feed me content that improves their advertising click-through and conversion rates.

It's nice to have a timeline that gives me a sense of what is happening outside of my timeline bubble. To be able to dip into content about an event and understand the context of that event.