mekka okereke Dec 19, 2022

Fair warning: I boost a lot.

I boost trans content into Black spaces, Black content into tech spaces, tech content into political spaces, and vice versa on all 'o that.

The statement "There is no algorithm here!" doesn't even make sense. There's always an algorithm. It's just that here you have to roll your own manually, by understanding Mastodon features etc.

I think this is still a poor UX, but folk are working on making it smoother. Until then, discover ways to keep your feed manageable.

Show threadAdnanDec 19, 2022
@mekkaokereke Mastodon supports the ability to hide boosts from specific accounts, so if anyone has issues with someone's prolific boosting (not me), they can disable it.
Show threadFree WortleyDec 20, 2022
@Decad3nce @mekkaokereke How is the feed curation algorithm written for Mastodon? Is that something that you're able to customize on the client, or is it assigned to you by the server? (It would be cool to be able to script my own feed, or at least select between multiple implementations.)
Show threadmekka okereke 

@freeqaz @Decad3nce

There is no feed curation algorithm, but I think there should be. I'm in the minority viewpoint on this, but that's cool.

I think that when folks say, "I don't like Algorithms!" what they really mean is "I don't like Algorithms where someone that I don't *trust" has *control* of the *objective functions*, and the *trade-offs* inherent within. I want more *transparency and control*."

I'm thinking federated learning, and user controlled algo for timeline management.

Dec 20, 2022 at 1:04amWeb