Post #1042618
2024-07-29 15:04 UTC
Replies (30)
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@sarajw@front-end.social 2024-07-29 20:23
Ooookay yep thanking and celebrating boosting gets one somewhat boosted 👋😅
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@scobiform@fedi.freakshit.org 2024-07-29 15:12
@sarajw@front-end.social You are welcome, Sara. :ablobcatheart:
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@offnw@mastodon.social 2024-07-29 17:39
@sarajw@front-end.social So clean in such a way isn't it? This is what social should be like
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@WhiteCatTamer@mastodon.online 2024-07-29 17:39
@sarajw@front-end.social In some ways, the federation policy of your instance and other instances is part of the algorithm, because it dictates how many people can even see your post.
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@RichiH@chaos.social 2024-07-29 17:48
@sarajw@front-end.social to be fair, I saw this on trending posts. But yes, agreed.
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@johndoe@social.linux.pizza 2024-07-29 18:03
@sarajw@front-end.social I feel everything that pops up on Mastodon is so much more relevant for me than X. Also there is a lot more engagement on the posts.
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@jztusk@mastodon.social 2024-07-29 18:10
@sarajw@front-end.social So are hashtags! I'm awful at tagging my toots (I'm lazy, and mostly replying), but following like 40-50 hashtags is how I found most of my favorite follows. It makes social media a bit more of a DIY thing, but it also keeps you in control.
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@andre@fedi.jaenis.ch 2024-07-29 18:15
@sarajw@front-end.social Oh, I hear a little different story: „You're boosting too much, I have to unfollow.“ [A little later] „I found a button to mute boosts. Can I follow again?“ 😅
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@cat_news@mas.to 2024-07-29 18:29
@sarajw@front-end.social and this is why my feed is almost entirely cats. I love it
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@schizanon@mastodon.social 2024-07-29 18:44
@sarajw@front-end.social also; hashtags
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@deoxys314@neovibe.app 2024-07-29 19:04
@sarajw@front-end.social @lisamelton@mastodon.social The tumblr method - and it's working great!
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@xgebi@hachyderm.io 2024-07-29 19:06
@sarajw@front-end.social yup, there's no global algorithm. Boosting will get toots on explore page 😁
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@DebErupts@mastodon.social 2024-07-29 19:29
@sarajw@front-end.social Yes, you create your own algorithm, so to speak.
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@Stefan_S_from_H@mastodon.social 2024-07-29 19:38
@sarajw@front-end.social I don't know if it is really smarter. People seem to be upset that their posts leave their bubble.
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@duco@norden.social 2024-07-29 19:44
@sarajw@front-end.social yes. That's a great feature. There is just one problem. There are some people I would like to follow, because they write sometimes interesting things, but they post 20 things every day. I don't have time to check so much posts of multiple people. So I would like to have a filter, that just adds the most important posts of them.
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@laalsaas@c3d2.social 2024-07-29 20:21
@sarajw@front-end.social The fact that I'm seeing this post for the 2nd time bc someone i follow boosted it feels so meta
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@schizanon@mastodon.social 2024-07-29 20:23
@sarajw@front-end.social what bothers me as a former Twitter algorithm user is how favorites are basically pointless; at best they serve as a voluntary "read receipt". I want a machine to learn from what I'm doing, highlight things that appeal to me personally. I need tools to manage all the novelty in the world!
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@rysiek@mstdn.social 2024-07-29 20:28
@sarajw@front-end.social also consider what this means for accountability and agency. You always know *exactly* why a thing got into your timeline: either you are following the author, or someone you follow boosted it, or you're following the hashtag. Very easy to attribute stuff you might not like. And act upon that attribution.
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@TCD@oldbytes.space 2024-07-29 21:12
@sarajw@front-end.social It's anarchy or democracy. Using the term algorithm is them winning your brain. Don't fall for it.
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@vcaston@zirk.us 2024-07-29 21:12
@sarajw@front-end.social And hashtags
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@christian@aldr.social 2024-07-29 21:15
@sarajw@front-end.social I'm on a solo instance so I've found boosters to be crucial to me having a good time. Without boosts, I think it'd feel a lot more quite over here 🥺 I'm really happy with the balance of new things showing up! Thank you boosters indeed 💚
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@Okanogen@mastodon.social 2024-07-29 21:29
@sarajw@front-end.social That and following hashtags.
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@Tarrenvane@dragonscave.space 2024-07-29 21:39
@sarajw@front-end.social I'm happy to be part of your "smart algorithm. 🙂
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@pkboi@venera.social 2024-07-29 22:03
@sarajw@front-end.social I agree. The ‘what’s trending’ feed on Twitter bugged me and was an important reason for leaving (along with ‘he who shall not be named’). I don’t mind a few boosts in Fedi as I think I have been able to limit the people to those who boost items that interest me. Unfortunately in the early days I have unfollowed a couple of people I should just have muted boosts from, but you live and learn. Hashtags and lists are great for filtering to topics you like.
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@thejikz@mastodon.social 2024-07-29 22:28
@sarajw@front-end.social like, alg-your-rithm
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@grishka@friends.grishka.me 2024-07-29 22:34
Can you even call it "the algorithm" if it's so transparent and driven by people you intentionally chose to follow intentionally pushing a button to share something with their followers?
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@trisweb@m.trisweb.com 2024-07-29 22:47
@sarajw@front-end.social it works incredibly well. Really, trying to “outsmart” the simple system genuinely made the outcome worse.
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@naught101@mastodon.social 2024-07-29 23:00
@sarajw@front-end.social The other algorithm is the "Explore" feed, which I use a lot. It would be cool if there was a version of that for each hashtag. And also for user lists (to see what people in those list are boosting)
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@dragonfrog@mastodon.sdf.org 2024-07-29 23:06
@sarajw@front-end.social The most algorithm-y view is the "explore" tab - that's "posts that are getting a lot of boosts, likes, and replies lately on this instance" (i.e., it doesn't matter whether the people interacting are people you follow, just that you share the same instance with them). Actually I'm not sure if replies are counted, but boosts and likes are.
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@enoch_exe_inc@mastodon.social 2024-07-29 23:36
@sarajw@front-end.social That’s the social networking experience I remember from way back during what I call the ‘Golden Age of Social Networking’. The four short years of 2009 to 2013, from the latter years of elementary school to the first half of high school, were the years in which the utility of social networking sites were at their peak. It’s all been downhill from there.