Petr TesarikJan 19

@dd81a8bacbab0b5c3007d1672fb8301383b4e9583d431835985057223eb298a5 @adingbatponder Hey, I think you've opened a truly interesting topic.

IMO Mastodon offers freedom, not policy. So, there is no single entity that can bias the entire fediverse by changing an algorithm they own, but that doesn't prevent anyone from implementing an algorithm, nor should it prevent other people from using that algorithm, as long as they want to.

But I agree, there should be a way to turn off such notifications.

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@ptesarik @dd81a8bacbab0b5c3007d1672fb8301383b4e9583d431835985057223eb298a5 Some like to #follow a #bot to get info, so if a bot does #boost my post & its followers see it, so be it. Problem is I get the #spam information in my #mastodon #notifications that a bot has #boosted my post. To stop that notification, I will just block the bots that mastodon tells me have boosted my posts. BUT block means the bot cannot even see my post. Extreme measure, but let us keep the #fediverse human #botweeding
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@adingbatponder @dd81a8bacbab0b5c3007d1672fb8301383b4e9583d431835985057223eb298a5 I think we agree in principle. I wish there was a way to let me turn off #notifications triggered by a #bot, while still letting this bot see my posts.
It looks like a potentially useful #mastodon feature to me.