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Eugen Rochko

@Sarahp Interesting that Mastodon itself combines a myriad of different social networks into one app. In a non-federated world, mastodon.social and vivaldi.net would be completely separate social networks; more so for Flipboard, Ghost, Pixelfed and so on. And yet you get all of them in your home feed on Mastodon.

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Brian Dear

@Gargron @Sarahp

More accurately, thanks to federation, the posts from not one but myriad social networks float by unnoticed in your feed unless you’re online watching like a hawk 24/7 😉

Eugen Rochko

@brianstorms @Sarahp The home feed algorithm is a choice of Mastodon, not the federated protocol underlying it. Threads has an algorithmic timeline and its part of this network. There are also apps that address this on the client-side, for example @phanpy has a unique catch-up feed.

Stephen Bannasch (316 ppm)

@brianstorms

There are many useful ways of viewing posts that matter to you.

I have a number of lists I’ve curated, am following several groups, regularly view posts that include a hashtag I’m interested in. I also have turned on post notifications for about 10 folks — these are people I’ve found I want to read ALL their posts.

@Gargron @Sarahp

DePemig

@brianstorms @Gargron @Sarahp Maybe you’re just trolling, but a serious recommendation nonetheless: I have a list with accounts of whom I don’t want to miss a post. This is a slower feed which I can easily catch up with. The rest is for doomier scrolling.

Sarah Perez 💙

@Gargron unfortunately, there are other protocols out there trying to do the same

Gregory

@Sarahp @Gargron the good thing about open protocols is that it is possible to build bridges between them so even these different networks eventually end up interconnected with each other.

maegul

@Sarahp @Gargron

Yea, at some point being “loyal” to a single protocol may be dated and unproductive. Probably happened already TBH.

Beyond that however, my belief is that “federation happens in the client”. As that’s where interaction and aggregation actually manifests for the user.

One an app brings multiple protocols together, they’re federated.

The new “protocols not platforms” may quickly be “bridges and aggregator clients … not protocols”

kurtsh

@Gargron @Sarahp I appreciate you & Mastodon, Eugen. I especially like the diversity... in clients, configurations & people. Let the fingerwaggers go post on the social networks they built with 20M users.

Oh, wait a minute.

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