Angus Davison

The core mastodon app on my phone looks more or less like the bird site. But the ecoevo app and also Chrome don't show how many boosts a post has had.

Any tips on how to customise to show number of boosts, or is this a deliberate design feature?

First image shows Chrome view, second image shows Mastodon app view.
#mastodon #howtopost #boost

Dec 8, 2022 at 12:25pmWeb
Show threadBen LongdonDec 8, 2022
@snailman same here (w firefox) - need to a click on a post to see boosts/favs
Show threadAngus DavisonDec 8, 2022
@b_longdon unfortunately, not an option when time limited! I prefer computer viewing, because can more easily click through and read papers etc - sp it would be nice to have some way to quickly see what is getting the most traction
Show threadBen LongdonDec 8, 2022
@snailman yes agree!
Show threadDr. Emily DolsonDec 8, 2022
@snailman pretty sure it's a deliberate design choice to try to de-emphasize metrics and the idea that your goal should be to make the numbers go up. And also to force everyone to evaluate posts on their own merits.
Show threadAngus DavisonDec 8, 2022
@emilydolson expect you are probably right and good idea in principle - but lack of time an issue, sometimes I just want to see the popular posts
Show threadDr. Emily DolsonDec 8, 2022
@snailman I totally get that! I've been experimenting with this tool that someone wrote to create a "digest" view of mastodon that orders posts in your home feed based on a transparent and controllable algorithm: https://github.com/hodgesmr/mastodon_digest. It's been working really well for those times that I just want to see popular posts
GitHub - hodgesmr/mastodon_digest: A Python script that aggregates recent popular posts from your Mastodon timeline

A Python script that aggregates recent popular posts from your Mastodon timeline - hodgesmr/mastodon_digest

GitHub