Katya SanderMar 7, 2025
Okay, question to my fellow mastodon-travellers, who are more savvy than me: Why do I constantly get posts from people I don't follow and hashtags I don't follow? And I DON''T get to see posts from a lot of people I actually follow?... (I get some posts from people I follow, but not at all everything). And then I get a ton of stuff that i cannot "unfollow" bcs I don't follow it in the first place... Beginning to be frustrating... Thanks for any help!
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Show threadPeter Makholm (Dansk)Mar 7, 2025

@katyasander I have never experienced that.

The two reasons I can imagine is:
- Boosts, where someone you follow reposts the content.
- Mention-spam, where you are mentioned in the posts.

Show threadKatya Sander
@pmakholm Thanks for responding. No, I'm not mentioned. And it doesn't look like boost. (I mean there is no "re-use" sign with the account it was boosted from). Is there a way to boost without this sign appearing?
Mar 7, 2025 at 8:40amWeb
Show threadPeter Makholm (Dansk)Mar 7, 2025
@katyasander Not to my knowledge.