Fedi.Tips
Mastodon and most other Fediverse platforms display posts chronologically, without any algorithms.
On your feed you will see all the posts from all the people you follow, in the order they posted them.
Because of this, if you post something important you may want to boost it again later in the day so that people in different time zones have a better chance of seeing it.
Tagomago
@Blort @feditips Maybe you already know, but there's the lists feature, and (this year) there'll be groups too. Also, the "advanced web interface" allows you to create hashtags dedicated columns.
Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️
@feditips Here's the thing people often seem to miss... having an algorithm generated timeline isn't inherently bad, it's having that algorithm be an opaque, black box that's out of control of the user.
I would *love* to have an algo that prioritized toots from the people I interact with the most, or that prioritized toots with hashtags of my choosing.
I just don't want some advertising company choosing my timeline priority based on their interests and stuffing it full of "promoted" content.
Tagomago
@Blort @feditips Yeah... you need user tracking and non-anonymized usage analysis for that, and I guess you already know that's the opposite of Mastodon's (and I would say the whole Fediverse's) nature. If your TL gets too thick, maybe you need to follow less accounts, or less high-volume posting accounts?
Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️
I already use hashtag columns, which unfortunately don't carry across to mobile clients I know of. I'm also aware of lists. All these things are valuable tools to add granularity with what the user can access and how. What I'd love though would be something that could be configured once that quickly showed me the toots I care about the most first, rather than going through more interface such as columns or lists, or having to scroll through hundreds of toots.
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