An-Tim Nguyen Nov 24, 2022

While following a lot of people can populate your Home feed significantly, sometimes people (like me) end up boosting a lot and that can unexpectedly hinder your own experience.

So if you like someone's specific posts and don't want to follow their boosts, you can go to their profile under the [...] button, and select the "Hide boosts from account" button.

There is no algorithm on Mastodon. You have ownership and control over every filtering decision instead of some robot.

#TwitterMigration

Show threadTrisha Lynn 🇵🇭 🇺🇸 🇨🇦Nov 25, 2022

@antimnguyen My god, this changes EVERYTHING.

But seriously, I wish there were a way to selectively see what people boost. Sometimes I want to see it and sometimes I just want to see people's original posts and replies.

Show threadhawkse
@trishalynn @antimnguyen This! Muting or hiding is too blunt. What I really want to do is ”mod down” based on subject discussed/tooted/boosted. I guess that quickly leads to ”the algorithm” somehow but I see no other way to both find things I know I want to see and things I didn’t know of. The feed quickly becomes an endlessly scrolling list of ”meh” otherwise.
Nov 26, 2022 at 8:03amMastodon for iOS
Show threadTrisha Lynn 🇵🇭 🇺🇸 🇨🇦Nov 26, 2022
@eskwah @maco said that there's a setting at the top that can turn on and turn off seeing what people boost. It, too, is a blunt instrument but it is a bit more in line with how I use social media so I'm going to try it for now.