@sarajw You're right about the effect of boosting,...

Sara Joy :happy_pepper:'s posts Post Back to profile

@sarajw You're right about the effect of boosting, but please people, don't overuse it.

My main discovery strategy (algorithm, if you will) is following hashtags — that's where I find new people with shared interests.

If someone I'm following boosts too often (more than a few times/week), they're spamming my feed with stuff I didn't choose to see; either I'll block their boosts (which is too bad, because I'll miss the rare, exceptional stuff) or I'll unfollow them completely.

Like 29 July at 18:14 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mstdn.ca

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Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

@david_megginson either it's the carousels on the Phanpy client, or I'm just following so many people now that even the heavy boosters don't overly flood my feed any more.

I do admit I rarely follow a person if all I can see in their profile is boosts.

29 July at 18:19 | Open on front-end.social

David Megginson

@sarajw Just so. I wouldn't say that boosting is rude, per se — some accounts I follow genuinely boost things that I'm interested in and grateful for seeing — but that's the exception rather than the rule.

It's too bad that some fedi clients don't support following hashtags, because I think that's one of the fediverse's superpowers.

29 July at 18:30 | Open on mstdn.ca