@mastodonmigration@fil we didn’t use our data, we collected everybody’s tweets thru an API heavily reliant on #tags to identify political sentiment, cultural behavior, disinformation spread, propaganda, gender topics, etc. thru social network analysis and topic modeling (at least where i study); since a mastodon tenet is/was no search and scrape, we cannot collect similar data. As well, the volume was significant and allowed global identification. Sad times.
@mastodonmigration Evil AI if it can't take a #hint from the stated #preferences from the user: likes, dislikes, blocks, comments, #tags on posts, and explicit tag choosing about their preferences.
@ivory Just got Ivory for Mac installed (yay!). Stuck with Lists. How’s it supposed to work? Please explain? Or is there a quick guide type of thing somewhere?
Question: I migrated to Mastodon from Twitter about 6 months ago. When I came here, the advice I read over and again was to use tags to find interesting posts and people. But I see so few people using tags. Why? Are they not useful after a certain time on the platform?
@ivory Wanted to drop a note that I looked for 10 minutes for a spot where I can find the #tags I subscribed too and just couldn’t. I’ll probably be able to figure it out, but obvious it’s not. Thanks for reading. :)
If you are coming from Twitter, you understandably may feel like it is a lot quieter here. Mastodon is not "dead," but there is no #algorithm bombarding you with stuff. Here you develop your own user experience by searching out and following people and things that interest you. You can pretty quickly build a much more satisfying experience, but it takes a little effort. Following #hashtags is a good way to get started. Be patient and join in conversations.
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I can verify that Mastodon is far from quiet even if it initially feels that way. The reason it is quiet, is that there is no algorithm spoon-feeding us with promoted, viral or artificially boosted posts. You pick your own content, and although that takes a little more time, it is so worth it! Search, read, and drink from the fire hose to discover your new people or topics/#tags to follow.