Björn Staschenbjoernsta
Oct 17, 2026, 8:14 AMRE: https://mastodon.social/@hfalcke/117455063326697336
Interesting thought.
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EbruKashEbruKash@mastodon.socialOct 17, 2026, 8:50 AM@bjoernsta I use lists.
VegOSvegos_f06@friendica.opensocial.spaceOct 17, 2026, 8:50 AM@bjoernsta Chronological works good for me. I follow news and media accounts, NGOs and so on at the first place. Of course if you rather follow friends and you have a VIP or a she pope in your timeline this may differ.
wolfwolf@fedi.solibre.deOct 17, 2026, 9:01 AMYou @vegos_f06 are using #Friendica rather than Mastodon like I do. In #Friendica we see some first steps in this direction of customized algorithms. Do you use circles? An if yes how?
- VegOSvegos_f06@friendica.opensocial.spaceOct 17, 2026, 9:11 AM@wolf @bjoernsta
I do not use circles. As my focus lies on news I do not miss much. News are a constant stream with many repetitions even if it is not mainstream. Of course I also open account pages if I look for something special. In Friendica the group feature also offers a way of filtering for themes. Alas there are not groups for everything. I miss gu.pe but it was another example of the shortcomings of centralized services. - VegOSvegos_f06@friendica.opensocial.spaceOct 17, 2026, 10:20 AM
@bjoernsta My second answer: Chronological is no algorithm at all. It's a sorting order! Algorithms manipulate the sorting order. The last is what we talk about when me mention there are no algorithms that manipulate the timelines you see in the Fediverse.
You have a very capable filter for your timeline: Do not follow everybody and everything. Follow what you are really interested in!
- wolfwolf@fedi.solibre.deOct 17, 2026, 10:42 AM
@vegos_f06
Thats right. Btw. speaking of sorting order, thats also something I really like with Friendica, i have multiple options to sort my timelines likewise. 
David Schmidtindividual8@mastodon.socialOct 17, 2026, 8:59 AM@bjoernsta @hfalcke Lists already give me total control over the algorithm – anything I actually care about goes straight into a curated list. If you want to take it a step further, just hit the notification bell on specific accounts so you never miss an update.
Prof Heino Falckehfalcke@mastodon.socialOct 17, 2026, 1:01 PM@individual8 @bjoernsta @mellifluousbox @Gargron @imanijoy list appeared to static to me
Mathew Lowrymathewlowry.eurosky.social@bsky.brid.gyOct 17, 2026, 11:38 AMAfter scrolling 4-5 times on my phone of people wondering "what would that look like?" I still haven't seen anyone mention that this has been in place on bluesky for years. Is noone on the fediverse building an equivalent???