Nelson MinarDec 27, 2022

Every morning I load up Mastodon or Tusky and see the newest messages. Then I scroll down and press "load more" 5-20 times to page in all the messages until I see one I remember. Then I slowly scroll back up, reading in time order. It's bad UX.

Every social media feed product is like this (except RSS readers). I want to read everything, in time order. Why is that so hard?

Show threadKevin Davidson
@nelson I use Metatext and it always starts me off exactly where I left off. My memory of using the “official” Mastodon app was that it behaved the same way. I used Echofon for the birdsite and it behaved like that as well (synced between devices). Kind of hoped that (like Tapbots) the developer would switch.
Dec 27, 2022 at 3:46pmWeb
Show threadporatluDec 27, 2022

@MetalSamurai @nelson Exactly: On iOS all my apps (earlier mostly Metatext or Mastodon, now mostly Toot!) remember where I am. So I just scroll upwards to move forward in time. Closing the app doesn’t change that.

I’m looking for if that’s driven by a settings option but I can’t see it.

Show threadKevin DavidsonDec 27, 2022
@nelson @poratlu It’s a preference for Metatext.
Show threadporatluDec 27, 2022
@MetalSamurai @nelson thanks, I was sure I’d seen an option somewhere but I couldn’t find one in Toot! or browser
Show threadKevin DavidsonDec 27, 2022
@poratlu @nelson I’ve had a quick play with Tooot and it seems to always open with most recent posts, not where you left off. I don’t see a way to change that.
For browser, you can use “Slow mode”, as long as you never close that tab.
Show threadSupposeNotDec 27, 2022
@poratlu @MetalSamurai @nelson but why scroll up when we read down? Any clients fix THAT problem?
Show threadKevin DavidsonDec 27, 2022

@nelson @Supposenot @poratlu

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