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Good timing... I'm building an alternative to Twitter and nearing our launch date. It's focused on devs and HN readers, even having an integration with HN.
This is the reason I really like Mastodon. No algorithm, just timesorted posts by who you follow.
That's exactly what Twitter does if you use the "Following" tab instead of the other one.
This is the reason I really like Mastodon. No algorithm, just timesorted posts by who you follow.
It’s also great for engagement from the right audience. Posts on Twitter now get little to no response, whereas the same on Mastodon results in more followers and more actively engaged humans (also way nicer). Interestingly TikTok is really good for this, but you do have to bend the content to fit a shorter attention span.
Good timing... I'm building an alternative to Twitter and nearing our launch date. It's focused on devs and HN readers, even having an integration with HN.
Don't use the algorithm. Press the "following" tab.
Make sure that the vast majority of your potential readership are actively avoiding the default experience being heavily promoted by the platform.
This is the reason I really like Mastodon. No algorithm, just timesorted posts by who you follow.
I don't think algorithms are the issue but the intent of the algorithm is where it falls apart for most social media. It's not to cater to what you want to see but to what will keep you watching.
Mastodon missing a feature to somewhat curate your timeline automatically is what stops it from wide adoption.
out of the internet, back into many many sub-nets all isolated and in many cases fighting each other
> Attention on Twitter no longer has any ripple effects beyond the platform
because you're now expected to pay for that, pay google, pay face book, the more of them you pay the higher your reach. money has reasserted itself as social control over the internet too; wanna be famous/go viral? pay up
"Now"? Limiting outbound reach was, insanely, a deliberate decision by the new mismanagement.
Good timing... I'm building an alternative to Twitter and nearing our launch date. It's focused on devs and HN readers, even having an integration with HN.