@warandpeas That's because everyone here on Mastodon likes peas, love and understanding! (Nothing funny about that.)

@warandpeas
Glad to have you here. 👋
Happy to see you add alt text to your comics. ❤️
There is no algo here.

@warandpeas the algo is the people that use the social network so, in a sense, it is a natural, living, breathing algorithm, it's a real connection between people that share common interests and interesting things amongst them, like your posts. Thank you for being here!

@warandpeas There is no algo, only what people like. Make of that what you will.

@warandpeas I suppose you know this, but for anyone actually wondering: The Algorithm is people on here. :blobcat:

There is no algorithm other than: people see what people they follow post and boost.

It is up to us, especially the ones with a large following on here, to be the algorithm we want to see in the world. It's up to us to boost and highlight others who we feel deserve more visibility. :purple_sparkling_heart:

Glad you're here, by the way, your comics of whimsy brighten my day. ✨

@warandpeas there's no "algo" here ^^

@warandpeas
Theres no demand now, for algo shit like twitter
Don’t need to understand, post all yo hits no babysitter

@warandpeas it's arranged purely by timeline. A few make lists like "comic creators" and add followed users there. Ivory for iOS/macOS is great for this.

And some idiots like me scroll through all 300+ posts per day.

@warandpeas The algorithm here is just that if people think you are awesome, they boost you so other people see you.

If people find you randomly in their following boosts and like you, they may boost you or follow you for more content.

As long as you generate good content and be respectful and a good person, you will grow.

Meritocracy at its best.

@warandpeas I'll tell you the secret:

There is no algorithm. The secret was in you all the time.

@warandpeas

I'm really glad you're here and always curious about your comics!

I would love to share them again but now that I'm aware about the alt text missing in your pictures, I won't. Would you like to add it in the future? It's also possible to edit your older posts to add it. You might get a lot of boosts then. :)

@warandpeas no one does, as there's no algo here ;)

@warandpeas this is how the (human) algo works here: images with a descriptive alt text get boosted more than images without ;-)

@warandpeas there's no algo here :P, people who discovered me mainly discovered me through #hashtags

@warandpeas no algo = best algo

@warandpeas The algo here works this way:

You post the content (of your soul);
We like it (love it), we comment it (talk about it), we boost it (we pass it on for more eyes to see), some may subscribe;
We post things of our own;
And the cycle continues, everybody has lots of fun.

Here, that's the algo.
Some may find it a bit old-fashioned, but it's the best algo I know.

@warandpeas The algorithm is people. ITS PEOPLE!!

@warandpeas That's the fun part, there is no algorithm!

@warandpeas
Sounds like the credo of a new religion: "We don't know how it works, but the algo has been good to us!"
Thank God there is no so thing as an algorythm in the metaverse. :masto_stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :masto_stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

@warandpeas

The more of a genuinely cool and authentic person you are, the more your replies get liked and boosted. Seems very well deserved in your case. :)

@warandpeas
what algo?

also if you want you can check the source code for mastodon. most servers are probably using the same method