Watch people flock to yet another corporate social media honeypot instead of going for something less dystopian.
Well, if you want me on Mastodon, implement a personalized recommendation feed. Until then, corporate platforms are the only option.
Its not personalized though it’s a list of news websites they chose instead of content based on your follow and likes.
You want a corporate entity to recommend things to you based on a closed algorithm you have no control over?
Each to their own and I know a lot of people do it, but that’s really weird to me, absolutely crazy.
In any case, it’s open source so you could probably hire someone to develop that for you if you really wanted. You know, have it serve things up to you that manipulates you to stay on the platform while best aligning with their corporate interests. You do you.
No, I want a communal, collaboratively managed platform to recommend things to me based on an open source algorithm whose behavior I can adjust the way I want. Alas, this just isn’t a thing.
Just amongst the available options, the closed algorithm optimized for engagement has so far been better at showing me interesting things than an unfiltered chronological feed.
We don’t want you on Mastodon. I don’t mean to offend you, but Mastodon is the way it is. The lack of “smart” feed is a feature. It might be not for you.
I know it’s a feature, and I know people on Mastodon care about it. And because of that it’s not for me. That’s fine. My point was, exactly because Mastodon is not for everyone, there’s no need to be derisive of the people who “flock to yet another corporate social media honeypot.”
The lack of “smart” feed is a feature.
Absolutely! The feed isn’t a random mishmash. The natural order in which people post gives the Mastodon feed a very organic feeling. And there is no doom scrolling. You eventually hit the point where you left it last time and there’s nothing more to see. Contrary to how it sounds, it gives you a feeling of satisfaction and closure. Honestly, the algorithmic feeds have done great psychological harm.
@Mysteriarch @fer0n fool me once, shame on you; but go right ahead and fool me twice or thrice, why not!
