Mastodon.social StaffFeb 5

RE: https://mastodon.social/@staff/115849914607258480

As previously announced, live feeds are now disabled on our servers by default.

We don't think they provide a good experience on our server, but feel free to reach out to us if you'd like to still see them.

Show threadSamFeb 5
@staff This seems really strange especially as there's not really many other solutions to finding lots of content on the fediverse and picking out 'useful' / wanted content.

Well I don't use mastodon.social or mastodon.online directly the feed is helpful as I use an alt to mute accounts I really don't want to see and then I pick out accounts and content I do want to see and push them to my instance.

Is there anything that could be used to do this instead of one of the biggest instances in the Fediverse? How does a small instance actually get more content on it if not by finding the majority of it on instances like yours?
Show threadMastodon.social Staff

@sam We can grant access to the live feeds for anyone who wants it.

https://www.fediscovery.org/ is particularly intended to help ensure small instances will be able to find content without having to bear the load of consuming a full relay with larger servers.

Fediverse Discovery Providers

A project exploring better search and discovery on the Fediverse as an optional, decentralized and pluggable service.

Fediverse Discovery Providers
Feb 5 at 2:02pmWeb
Show threadＪｉｍ Ｈａｋｕ ☸Feb 5
@staff This is a unique feature of the service I quite enjoy.
Show threadHernanLGMar 3

@staff

I want it! I just learned it was disabled. I use it mostly to find new content and its an important part of my mastodon experience