Screenshot of a Mastodon browser start page, I am not logged in yet. It shows the Explore / Trending Posts area. It has a black background and is headed: "These are posts from across the social web that are gaining traction today. Newer posts with more boosts and favorites are ranked higher." Below that, the page is gloriously peacefully unalgorithmically empty, save for a tiny sentence in tiny, muted grey type that say: 'Nothing is trending right now. Check back later!'
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