Sara Joy Jul 29, 2024

Just realised that on Mastodon, boosting *is* the algorithm.

There's no code trying to cleverly show me stuff it reckons I'd be into, based on what my contacts are into, instead my contacts are saying "I like this, I bet my contacts would like it too" and that is way smarter than any algorithm.

Thank you, boosters!

Show threadRichard "RichiH" Hartmann
@sarajw to be fair, I saw this on trending posts. But yes, agreed.
Jul 29, 2024 at 5:48pmWeb
Show threadSara Joy Jul 29, 2024
@RichiH haha! Fair. But that's also somewhere you choose to look, not something that is thrust in front of you :)
Show threadteledyn 𓂀Jul 29, 2024

@RichiH @sarajw

Aye, but the big difference here is you had to CHOOSE to look at Trending! 😁

I often boost things of marginal interest that just seem the sort of thing my followers might really like, and I restrain (somewhat) from too many from the same sources because, if they did like them, they surely would have subscribed by now!