@Gargron Я не хочу видеть никаких рекомендаций

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How much will it cost to be recommendated?

@Gargron [x] no, but they make sense

@Gargron these new algorithms are friends_of_friends, similar_to_recently_followed, most_followed and most_iterarions

Isn't so?

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The thing is that, Ive been here for a year now and the users in there I know them all and did follow them from the beginning. I now instead of following users follow Hashtags. It is a better way to stay current with trends and content, it's a better way to organize content and information in my window. And most important it is an amazing way to discover new views, content and users #Fediverse wide .

@Gargron I'd rather this wasn't a feature anywhere for mastodon, I thought we didn't want algorithms. I really like the actual connection I make with people I follow and follow me. If people start being recommended my account and don't really care about interacting or have otherwise never seen me before, it'll be real sad to see. It also sets up promoted accounts and will inevitably recommend famous people and businesses, which is not what mastodon is.

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Mastodon.online ?

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Certainly an improvement, though some recommended accounts seem to be inactive. No point in following inactives or lurkers.

Edit: How often does it refresh?

It really does show better recommendations for my mastodon.online account - can't compare it too well to the previous algorithm as I rarely check that screen, but yes I've even discovered good accounts to follow which is rare.

@Gargron It would be a better idea to exclude threads.net (for a good start) and not to add an algorithm to reshape Fediverse as companies like Meta, Twitter/X, Amazon and Apple would want it to be for their own profit against its users. People feel better here without them.
Threads.net is a very big potential threat. Fediverse must not be reshaped and stolen as XMPP

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Convenience is not always better... It can have unacceptable flaws for privacy. Mastodon is better because it is what it is and doesn't rely on algorithms. Many people want it to keep on not using them

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Where is it in the Android app?

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I thought Mastodon was supposed to be algorithm-free.

@Gargron +1 not interested in seeing algorithmic promotion come to Masto

@Gargron the problem is, you don't know if the new algorithm is better than no algorithm if you don't know what the vote looks like without the algorithm. You'll have to do this a few times to know if it makes a difference. #science 😜

@Gargron Perhaps the profiles will change a little more often now. So far, it has mostly been the usual suspects 😉 .

@Gargron I answered yes but probably won't follow the person because I see all the posts I need following a hashtag.

@Gargron it would be nice if I could read more than 10 words of their bio.

@Gargron do you suggest hashtags to follow?

@Gargron I don't see this option in Tusky.

@Gargron I can’t tell if it’s better or not, but I found one person I was not following that I wanted to follow.

@Gargron hello, is there support for browsing the local feed of remote servers ? I was thinking about that feature today

@Gargron https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/111585528118111249

@Gargron I think the main thing is that people's bios are sometimes a bit vague to know to follow or not. but that's a people thing, not the algorithm

@Gargron checked now - followed 2 accounts. Other accounts looks good too, maybe i'll follow later. Thank you!

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Hi, it is possible show tending terms filtered by language?

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I do not want to have ANY algorithm-chosen content in my account. Please allow a user to opt out on the server level.

Algorithms are what destroyed Facebook and then Twitter (even before Musk).

@Gargron I think the key will be keeping it updated. It’s been on the same 10 people for the last 7 months. And I’m on social. Maybe I’m doing it wrong. Either way, let me know if I can help or fix things.

Looks like the rate at which mastodon.online users follow others has increased by 56% after the algorithm change (from 1.2K per day to 1.9K per day), so that's pretty good considering follow recommendations are kind of buried in the interface.

@Gargron I feel like “algorithms” has become a word that people get scared by without understanding what it means, just like “chemicals”.