Mike Masnick ✅Dec 29, 2022
I wrote up some of the tricks and tools and tips I've picked up that have made Mastodon more useful, and which people seem to appreciate when I share with them: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/29/some-tricks-to-making-mastodon-way-more-useful/
Some Tricks To Making Mastodon Way More Useful

It’s been interesting to watch over the last few months as tons of people have migrated from Twitter to Mastodon (or similar compatible ActivityPub-based social media platforms). I’ve n…

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Show threadJustin du Coeur

@mmasnick Oh, faboo -- while Mastodon List Manager isn't *quite* the dream list-management UI I've been looking for, it's certainly a massive improvement.

Boosting specifically that one further, this is well worth checking out. As Mike says, it's very simple, but it's a way better Lists manager than the one built into the Mastodon UI: https://acbeers.github.io/mastodonlm/manager

Dec 29, 2022 at 7:52pmWeb
Show threadJustin du CoeurDec 29, 2022

@mmasnick I should note that a decent list manager is key to my biggest problem with Mastodon: FOMO.

At this point, I'm following a *lot* of people here. Those are all intentional; I don't want to drop them. But I don't care about them equally, and some days it takes hours to get through my Home feed.

Having good prioritized Lists means that I can leave Pinafore open to the High Priority List; when I'm overwhelmed, I can focus there for a while, declare bankruptcy on Home, and start over.

Show threadWraitheDec 30, 2022
@mmasnick @jducoeur I’m glad y’all mentioned this cos until now I hadn’t realized mastodon HAD lists. Tx!