@pixelfed

The alternative is to match accounts recommended not by popularity, but to the interests of the new user. This way users with niche interests get recommended
accounts that could be relatively small, but are posting about the topics they care about, more than just en(g/r)agement clickbait. These interests can be from hashtags they enter on joining, scanning links the user gives to their previous posts online (social accounts, blogs etc). This rewards interesting posts not popularity.