Is there a fediverse software that has "trending" posts?
I realize that Mastodon is specifically intended not to have any sort of algorithm, and I understand and appreciate that, but it’s not what I want, personally. I want to have the posts in my feed sorted by the ones with the most “engagement” as those are likely the most interesting ones.
That’s not at all what I want. I feel like that much should be obvious at this point. Lemmy is a completely different type of social platform than Mastodon and other platforms like it. They do not work the same way.
Mastodon has an “Explore” section, that lists the most popular posts today. It also has subsections for trending news, hashtags, and “for you” which seems to be suggested accounts to follow.
Yes, but this is only trending posts on basically the entirety of Mastodon. I’m looking for posts in my feed to be sorted by engagement. ie: “favorites” and especially # of “boosts”.
Ah, I see what you mean now. Yes, that sounds like it would probably be useful, but I hope that they are very careful with slowly adding features that change the network/social dynamics of the place.
I’ve heard that there are some Mastodon apps that have their own algorithms, but unfortunately don’t remember any details. Perhaps that would be something to look into.
Trending shit is what brought us to the present moment: with facebook and twitter (I refuse to call it x) and tiktok and all the others pushing lots of shit and lots of other shit to the great enshittification of the internet and our lives. So, no, we don’t need trends. We need social interaction the way it’s supposed to be.
So say that. One word answers don’t contribute anything, don’t explain anything, and come off as, at best, insulting and dismissive.
Already agree with you, by the way. For exactly the reasons you just outlined. Well, except that I’ve taken to calling it “the bird site” because I don’t think it deserves a proper noun.
On Lemmy we can see things by a number of different sorting algorithms. It’s actually a major improvement over Reddit in that regard. I like sorting by top, hourly. I would describe it has having higher kurtosis with lower total volume. The stuff at the top is fresh so if you check every hour or so you get the best of that hour. however if you find yourself scrolling, you’ll get into novel territory very fast. It’s far better than any alg reddit offered.
Yeah I’ve used Firefish, and I do like it a lot, but have been unable to find a stable server. Plus the inability to follow hashtags is a huge drawback…
You can. Putting, say, #Funny in your antenna will show you everything with the keyword “#Funny”. This is more powerful than just hashtag following, as you can even follow specific words.
Alas, as you mentioned, antenna content doesn’t show up in the home feed yet. I believe there is an open issue to change that.
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