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Experimenting with an opt-in ranked home timeline ("For you" feed) for Mastodon, just for myself and in my own fork.

Draft: github.com/mementomori-social/…

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This entry was edited (6 days ago)
in reply to Michael

Yes. I even experimented with it a while back: github.com/rollecode/fedialgo

Fediway is also interesting: github.com/fediway/fediway

However, I prefer to start simple, without any bells and whistles, and truly integrate it into my Mastodon. None of the available solutions are built directly into Mastodon or take the right approach. I want it to be a feature you can simply turn on, just like the color scheme.

This entry was edited (6 days ago)
in reply to Rolle Laukkarinen

Yes, I like that approach very much! Baked into mastodon would be my preference too!
in reply to Rolle Laukkarinen

I'm def open to an algo on the fedi. But I dont like how some of these projects kinda poo poo a chornological TL. Some seem to intend to replace it. I get some people dont like it. Not everyone has to. But also, I get alot out of my chrono TL.

I would like a -separate- feed that has an algo I control. So I can choose between, as my fancy feels. But not replace. It's not a zero sum game (tho, I'm not the one designing it.)

in reply to Sco

My idea is not to change the original design of the Home feed in any way. Just a toggle, that is off by default. See: mementomori.social/@rolle/1167…

A completely separate feed could be another option, but that would make things more complicated. In my view, people either prefer a chronological feed or a recommendation-based one.

This entry was edited (5 days ago)
in reply to Rolle Laukkarinen

And this version is cool, I like the idea of being able to switch between.
in reply to Rolle Laukkarinen

this is really nice! Once it works, would be nice if there was an option to have different algos as list view in mastodon as further development. So in addition to lists, I could choose to change the view from menu to another algorithm once they develop. Or some algorithm selection on top of list viee. And in advanced view they could be columns like lists now. But of course first things first. Very welcome development, thanks!
in reply to Ilkka Tengvall

@ikkeT The idea is to have a single "For you" feed and possibly some settings under personal preferences. But since each additional setting adds complexity, I'm starting with just one toggle for now 👍
in reply to Rolle Laukkarinen

@ikkeT It could automatically play this every now and then.

youtube.com/watch?v=nSBxmpoXaK…

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in reply to Rolle Laukkarinen

Sounds interesting, thanks for the work! (I just hope nobody will start foaming at the mouth about "algorithms coming to Mastodon"...)
in reply to Tor Lillqvist

@tml Someone will probably call me a "tech bro asshole" again. It's happened before.
in reply to Rolle Laukkarinen

Oh that's interesting! I also run my server (not this one) with my own (selectable) algorithmic feed implementation.