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1. RDN (rdnielsen@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 04:07:28 JST RDN

   • Eugen Rochko

   @Gargron

   This is new. Is it built into a recent Mastodon upgrade? What triggers it, or with what frequency does it automatically appear? How are the users chosen to appear in the list?

   It's a good addition, whatever the answers to those questions.

   • Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 04:07:27 JST Eugen Rochko

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     @rdnielsen Yes, it appears above the first post that's more than 4 hours old if there is one on initial page load. It's a mix of different algorithms, like people who you follow, follow, or profiles similar to the ones you followed most recently, and some other ones.

   • Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 05:18:54 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • James Britt

     @jamesbritt @rdnielsen Please elaborate. Mastodon has always had follow recommendations. As far as I'm aware the home feed is still "non-algorithmic" in colloquial terms (of course, reverse-chronological listing of posts from people you follow is also an algorithm).

   • James Britt (jamesbritt@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 05:18:55 JST James Britt

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     • Eugen Rochko

     @rdnielsen @Gargron

     So much for the "no algorithms!" appeal of Mastodon.

   • James Britt (jamesbritt@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 05:29:04 JST James Britt

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     • Eugen Rochko

     @Gargron @rdnielsen

     I've never seen any suggested follows in my home timeline until a day or so ago.

     Anecdotally, the "no algorithms: thing was something people have been prone to say in favor of the platform. I.e. that no posts or people would get promoted by the platform.

   • Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 05:41:28 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • James Britt

     @jamesbritt @rdnielsen They used to be buried on the explore page under the people tab (before that, under "for you" tab), and the home feed would instead have a banner at the top saying "This is your home base in Mastodon" with a link to trending posts and follow recommendations, if your feed was determined to be updating too slow.