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 threadMartin RundkvistDec 27, 2022
@nelson I used to think that way until I had followed over 1000 accounts. Then I was comfortable in the knowledge that I would read whatever was on at the moment and most of it would just slip past me.
Show threadNelson MinarDec 27, 2022
@mrundkvist honestly an algorithmic timeline is probably a good match for the "I follow a lot of people" use case. I'm careful to only follow as many people as I can keep up with, but then it's just awkward to see them in a sensible order.
Show threadMartin RundkvistDec 27, 2022
@nelson I always sort the timeline by date stamp.
Show threadNelson MinarDec 27, 2022
@mrundkvist what client lets you do that?
Show threadMartin Rundkvist
@nelson Sorry for the poor phrasing: only *falling* date order is available. I don't like the algorithmic sorting.
Dec 27, 2022 at 4:44pmWeb