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dansup

Now I'm back on groups, I find the challenge is going to be discovery.

Using member count for suggestions probably isn't the ideal way to rank them. There is a section below the fold for groups your mutuals are in.

Any suggestions? #pixelfed #pixeldev #groups
4 Sep 2021 at 10:02 | Open on mastodon.social
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Niko :verified:

@dansup can you get the last n posts of a group? It could be ordered by the most active group 🤔

4 Sep 2021 at 13:12 | Open on masto.nogafam.es
narF 🎲

@dansup Some catégories ideas:

- small groups (less than 15 members)
- newest groups on this instance (so that moderation is mostly safe)
- groups using hashtags that you used recently
- groups that your friends have joined (though that might be a privacy issue so maybe avoid telling who exactly has joined?)

4 Sep 2021 at 14:32 | Open on mstdn.fr
Tim Chambers

@dansup Have you thought of ways to keep this new group format from being abused as private groups have been on Facebook and other social platforms?

4 Sep 2021 at 14:34 | Open on indieweb.social
Geotechland

@dansup Maybe each group can be placed under a certain category?

Some categories can be:
gaming
Sports
Basketball
Music
Technology

Maybe even some tags so lets say I create a pokemon go group, and categorize the group under gaming but add a pokemon go tag.

5 Sep 2021 at 6:14 | Open on fosstodon.org
Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️

@dansup
If you go by user count or even most recently updated, you'll fall into the same trap of most social media, which is promoting the groups that are already the most popular over the groups that are the most relevant. This leads to a handful of groups dominating, while new, interesting ideas wither.

I would suggest you promote groups whose tags (for the group itself and the groups posts) match the user's tags (for their profile, posts and boosted posts). Match by topic, not popularity.

@dansup
If you go by user count or even most recently updated, you'll fall into the same trap of most social media, which is promoting the groups that are already the most popular over the groups that are the most relevant. This leads to a handful of groups dominating, while new, interesting ideas wither.

5 Sep 2021 at 12:41 | Open on social.tchncs.de
Vegard (Hårfagre) Fjeldberg eo

@dansup I personally think it looks like bloat. Is it possible to disable the feature when it's released?

11 Sep 2021 at 9:06 | Open on snabelen.no
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