Lisa Melton1d ago

Recently I read a post by some jackhole techbro who wants a default automatic feed algorithm here just like Big Social™.

Opening the door for AI bullshit is not even the worst part of this idea.

Folks, all of us here ARE the algorithm. Personal curation is a feature, not a bug.

We make Mastodon awesome by following people and boosting what we find meaningful, significant or just cool. That's how it works.

Let's keep making friends. Let's keep sharing. Let's keep Mastodon alive. Together. đź’–

Show threadCM Harrington
@lisamelton I mean, they can just make one. It’s fine. There are some apps that will make an algo feed from your local server and your follows.
Apr 14 at 11:51pmWeb
Show threadCM Harrington1d ago

@lisamelton That said, let things be true to themselves… Masto as you say, is about the people who make it work, not an algo.

Don’t try to make fetch happen, eh?

Show threadLisa Melton1d ago
@octothorpe Indeed.
Show threadJack Brewster1d ago
@octothorpe @lisamelton Fetch would be a pretty good algo name though.
Show threadCM Harrington5h ago
@jackbrewster @lisamelton I know JUST the icon…