Jeff C. 🇺🇦🇬🇱Aug 11, 2023

Discovery here IS bad, and — I hate to say it — the solution to that is an (entirely optional) algorithm that surfaces potential follows and compelling content right out of the gate.

Algorithms aren’t inherently evil. Hell, “show posts in reverse chronological order” is in itself an algorithm.

What matters are 1) choice and 2) the intention with which the algorithm was designed.

#Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@mimsical/110865836818850808

Show threadAllieAug 11, 2023
@jeff I have been using Ivory since it came out and it has a trending tab. That has been working super well for me and it doesn’t feel intrusive at all. No idea how it works though
Show threadDawidAug 11, 2023
@allie it's from Mastodon itself. It provides posts and hashtags that are used "more than others" (whatever that means).
Show threadAllie

@djvdq That’s a curious one. It does work though. It feels a bit like the Reddit frontpage in 2011 or so, where it has somewhat interesting stuff, but it doesn’t feel like it’s personalised.

Think that might be what throws me off the modern web, where it’s different for everyone. I miss when there was 1 “front page” for everyone on a site

Aug 11, 2023 at 6:18amWeb