Auch wenn #Mastodon keine algorithmische #Timeline hat, gibt es gute Möglichkeiten, die interessantesten/beliebtesten/besten(?) Beiträge darin leicht zu finden:
You can see that #Sidekiq tasks have been slowly going down (fewer users using #Mastodon/#Fediverse?). Then I had this massive drop early May (not sure why, but likely a relay that stopped working).
I've now added a bunch of new relays and seeing the number of tasks going up massively (to the point Sidekiq is running 4-6hrs behind in my #Federated#timeline -- maybe I need to QA and remove some relays?)
As an experiment, I wanted to see if I could recreate the Nintendo Switch logo. I built the shapes in Adobe Illustrator and used Adobe Animate to create this simple looping animation.
Was mich an der wachsenden Zahl von #Apps für #Mastodon fasziniert, sind die Unterschiede bei der Darstellung der Timeline(s). Selbst ein und derselbe Account sieht da teilweise komplett anders aus und es kann sich sogar lohnen, mehrere Apps im Wechsel zu nutzen.
Besonders ist mir das durch die noch recht junge @rodentapp aufgefallen. Die finde ich total spannend, auch wenn ich noch nicht weiß, ob/wie hilfreich es wirklich ist.
For anyone who's come over to the #Fediverse from #Twitter: One of the first things I did when coming here was seek out a bunch of #journalists to follow, so my TL could mimic the "current events" feed. Here's a curated Google Sheet listing over a thousand journalists who've made accounts over here, who cover all sorts of things from cycling to sports to breaking news. Use it to help populate your #timeline, #share broadly for exposure.
If you are annoyed by people who boost too much (like me 😁 ), you need not mute them! Just go to their profile and choose behind the 3 dots "hide boosts from @ xy". This is also the easiest way to get only original posts by a followee.
When you think about #history do you imagine a timeline? What shape is it? how wide is it? Does it extend in a particular direction?
When I think of the previous decades I see a wide steep slope extending down to the right. The future is up to the left just behind me (unless I turn around and try to look at it) The past is an impossibly wide set of steep cellar stairs littered with knickknacks.
I like the chronological #timeline on #Mastodon. But I really wish there was a way to filter it for unread posts.
The longer time in the day goes on, the harder it is to go back and "catch up" on older message, especially if time is tight.
Filtering out read messages would facilitate "little and often" browsing of timeline, more in keeping with use of social media (e.g. Waiitng for something, in lift, etc...) #FediTips
There they are, the first posts from #Threads directly in my #timeline here on #Mastodon. It really works, although it's still rather rudimentary.
I'm curious how son more accounts will be made available, and when we really can interact. Exciting times indeed.
I feel like I'm shouting this into the #void , but maybe it's worth a try: How am I supposed to filter out #information on #mastodon ? Every single #timeline is overwhelming, even my followed timeline, even though I only follow like 20 people. It's so hard to keep up with the #threads that fill up my whole #feed while the #local and #federated timelines are updated every second. The #trending timeline is filled with #stuff idgaf about. Any #help ?
After reviewing all the other books in this series, I’ve finally gotten around to the first, “Dinosaurs! Explorer”. 😆
It’s a decent intro to #dinosaurs, and while the paleoart could be better, the #timeline is the real attraction, here.
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Wouldn't it be great, if you could filter your #Timeline in #Mastodon simply by language? Not with a list for accounts, because some people post in multiple languages, but just by language used.
I've seen sites that sort toots by the number of replies, boosts, and likes they get. That's fine but I want more
I want my timeline classified by #machineLearning; I want to create "buckets" and train the #algorithm to identify toots that belong in said buckets. Then I want to add or subtract these buckets from my timeline
2018: @effye , @mheiber and I launch https://toot.thoughtworks.com . Every employee can create an account and start posting. More than 800 people will do that over the next 5 years.
2023: The official corporate account of @thoughtworks is created and starts posting on the #Fediverse.
Mastodon clients in the Apple ecosystem can sync timeline read position using iCloud.
That’s nice because you can always continue reading your timeline from where you left of, even if you switch from phone to computer etc.
Would it be technically possible to instead have a timeline read position as a variable connected to your account in the server that clients can read and write to? 🤔
That way it wouldn’t matter which client or OS you are using, you could still have a synced timeline experience.
Red line: Estimated average number of daily active users on Twitter in 2013.
Green line: About the time Twitter introduced the algorithmically sorted home timeline that users where up in arms against.
People today: Social media without algorithms just doesn't work! We have to let the ruling class control what information we receive, there's just no other choice. Deciding for ourselves, hah, so naïve!
mastodons list feature to hide a complete list of accounts you follow is awesome.
So I can follow all the news accounts but only "see" them when I feel like it, for less unintentional doom scrolling.
Nachdem #Friendica im letzten Release sogenannte "Channels" eingeführt hat, mit dem man selber seine eigene #Timeline nach eigenen Bedürfnissen bzw. Themen zusammenstellen kann, kommt mit dem nächsten Release ein weiteres cooles Feature: Ein Relay-Konto bzw. Relay-User.
Mit diesem Kontotyp ist es möglich, auf Basis der eben erwähnten Channels einen öffentlichen User zu erstellen, der mithilfe von Hashtags, Volltextsuche o. ä. nach Beiträgen mit den festgelegten Suchbegriffen sucht. Die gefundenen Beiträge werden dann an die User geteilt, die dieses Relay-Konto bei sich als Kontakt hinzugefügt haben. Ich finde das deswegen so genial, weil dadurch die Timeline von #neuhier Usern oder auch die von #Singleuser Instanzen besser, schneller mit Themen gefüllt werden können, die einen interessieren.
Um dies zu testen, habe ich vier solcher themenbezogenen Relay-User erstellt (Linux & Open Source, Datenschutz & IT Sicherheit, Selfhosting & Homeserver, Fußball). Danach habe ich bei einem User der keinerlei Kontakte hat und keine Hashtags gespeichert hat, diese vier Relay-User hinzugefügt. Die Timeline dieses "leeren" Users wurde in kurzer Zeit mit den vier Themen gefüllt. Ich finde das echt genial und könnte für die neuen in der #Fediverse oder eben auch für die erwähnten Singleuser Instanzen eine große Hilfe sein eine lebendige Timeline zu bekommen. Und das Ganze ohne einen vorgeschriebenen, dummen #Algorithmus.
It was actually only 2 minutes between notification of the Maryland Transportation Authority and the bridge collapse. Really amazing that they were able to stop bridge traffic that quickly.