Post #633113

2026-03-06 23:57 UTC

Is there anyone out there willing to accept payment for building a new feature in Mastodon? In particular I want to enable server-side filtering of boosts where the boosted post is already available in the timeline (whether it has been viewed or not). From what I can guess, the feature just needs to check to see if the poster of the boosted post is being followed by the user and if so, suppress the boost. If you&#39;re interested in creating a patch for this and preparing it for submission upstream (I&#39;d handle pushing it forward but would apply it on my own server in the meantime), please get in touch. #Mastodon #MastodonDevelopers #MastodonDevelopment

Replies (5)

@codinghorror@infosec.exchange 2026-03-06 23:58

@kevin I seconded a feature on the Signal forums and it got built. Which were running Discourse. Ask @mellifluousbox

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@vextaur@blog.taursnd.haus 2026-03-07 00:29

@kevin Which timeline? I want that feature for #Wafrn 's global timeline since I love it over here on #Friendica

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@pganssle@qoto.org 2026-03-07 02:40

@kevin Wouldn't it also need to check to see if anyone the user is following had boosted it as well? Another edge case to consider: what if it was posted before you started following someone but boosted afterwards? Still filter or let it through? Do you also want to suppress boosts from old content, like if it is from a week ago? A year ago?

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@lukyan@lukyan.eu 2026-03-07 07:48

@kevin Is this how the "Group boosts in timelines" setting works? The server remembers timeline positions of posts and does not insert another boost if it was recent enough. It is controlled by the REBLOG_FALLOFF constant set to 40 which is vastly inadequate for my much busier timeline. I have it patched to 400 which somewhat works (one boost per several hours if the post is really popular).

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@raphael@mastodon.communick.com 2026-03-07 16:49

@kevin does It have to be Mastodon, or would you be willing to switch to a service that provided the Mastodon API?

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