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 threadAtoro

@lisamelton I follow @hypebot which boosts me trending toots into my otherwise chronological timeline. That helps me to see stuff outside of my curated bubble.

The important part is, that this is MY decision and no one forces anything on me.

Apr 15 at 4:14amWeb
Show threadLisa Melton1d ago
@Atoro Exactly! You are controlling what goes into your timeline. As it should be.
Show threadMichael T Babcock1d ago

@Atoro @lisamelton @hypebot ... but can it only do this by violating the 'trust' of the users who don't want their posts used for such things?

I should be clear that I am /not/ one of those users, but I know they exist.

Show threadAtoro21h ago
@mikebabcock @lisamelton @hypebot if someone doesn’t want their toots processed by that bot, they can use the #nobot hashtag in their profile. Or just block the user. I find that acceptable. Maybe their should be a native mastodon privacy setting for bot control, but as long as that doesn’t exist, I am personally fine with that.
Show threadOld Man in the Shoe1d ago
@Atoro @lisamelton @hypebot Someone used to run a bot around here https://kindalame.com/2020/12/04/how-to-toot-trending-topics-with-node-red-and-mastodon-api/
How to Toot Trending Topics With Node-RED and Mastodon API - Kindalame.com

How to toot out the trending tags on the Fediverse with the Mastodon API and Node-RED. We can call the API and send back a toot of the top tag

Kindalame.com