Boosting is really important on the Fediverse because it makes whatever you boost federate to the entire servers of all your followers.
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@FediTips I still really wish there would be a silent boost or something. Something which would not clutter up my own timeline. I don't want to drown out my own voice to share stuff.
Honestly the main thing that usually stops me from boosting. Either that or separating the "posts" and "boosts" filters when looking at someone's timeline.
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Boosting is really important on the Fediverse because it makes whatever you boost federate to the entire servers of all your followers. A boosted public post appears on your followers' timelines, but also becomes searchable to everyone on the servers of your followers.
Instead of an algorithm, the Fediverse relies on human beings sharing stuff they find interesting. This process creates a wonderful chain of discovery.
To boost something here, click the
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button below the post.Don't like it. There's critters who run instances with 100s of accounts and use bots to boost themselves non-stop, brigading all the trend feeds.
Looking at you, newsmast.social
If there was some kind of mitigator to stop that behaviour, would dive in.
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Boosting is really important on the Fediverse because it makes whatever you boost federate to the entire servers of all your followers. A boosted public post appears on your followers' timelines, but also becomes searchable to everyone on the servers of your followers.
Instead of an algorithm, the Fediverse relies on human beings sharing stuff they find interesting. This process creates a wonderful chain of discovery.
To boost something here, click the
or button below the post.@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
But, it's very anoying to get the same post thru boosts again and again.
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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
But, it's very anoying to get the same post thru boosts again and again.
I wonder if there is no other way to spread posts.There are many other ways to make posts spread, for example following an account means that person's posts end up on your server.
Boosts are automatically hidden if you've seen them before UNLESS 40 other posts have passed through your feed. In that case it allows the boost to be seen again. More about this at:
https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-stop-seeing-the-same-boosted-post-again-and-again-in-mastodon/
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Don't like it. There's critters who run instances with 100s of accounts and use bots to boost themselves non-stop, brigading all the trend feeds.
Looking at you, newsmast.social
If there was some kind of mitigator to stop that behaviour, would dive in.
The mitigator is server admins taking action if they see shenanigans going on.
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Boosting is really important on the Fediverse because it makes whatever you boost federate to the entire servers of all your followers. A boosted public post appears on your followers' timelines, but also becomes searchable to everyone on the servers of your followers.
Instead of an algorithm, the Fediverse relies on human beings sharing stuff they find interesting. This process creates a wonderful chain of discovery.
To boost something here, click the
or button below the post.@FediTips this is what makes memes against what they once were: ideas travelling through the shared human psyche \ecospere because ppl appreciate said idea. Rather the 'computer said WATCH THIS!! NOW!!' variant.
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@FediTips this is what makes memes against what they once were: ideas travelling through the shared human psyche \ecospere because ppl appreciate said idea. Rather the 'computer said WATCH THIS!! NOW!!' variant.
Exactly, a human social network
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Boosting is really important on the Fediverse because it makes whatever you boost federate to the entire servers of all your followers. A boosted public post appears on your followers' timelines, but also becomes searchable to everyone on the servers of your followers.
Instead of an algorithm, the Fediverse relies on human beings sharing stuff they find interesting. This process creates a wonderful chain of discovery.
To boost something here, click the
or button below the post.@FediTips You have a rocket button?
*spends the day jealous and distracted*
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Boosting is really important on the Fediverse because it makes whatever you boost federate to the entire servers of all your followers. A boosted public post appears on your followers' timelines, but also becomes searchable to everyone on the servers of your followers.
Instead of an algorithm, the Fediverse relies on human beings sharing stuff they find interesting. This process creates a wonderful chain of discovery.
To boost something here, click the
or button below the post.@FediTips
pet peeve of mine, when someone boosts a reply but not the original post, so now i can't see the context for this reply -
@FediTips You have a rocket button?
*spends the day jealous and distracted*
If your server offers the optional TangerineUI theme on its website it has a rocket
If your server doesn't have it, you can tell your server's admin about it by giving them the link at https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon
Some third party apps also use a rocket.
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@FediTips
pet peeve of mine, when someone boosts a reply but not the original post, so now i can't see the context for this replyIf you click on the reply it will show you the entire thread that it comes from with the reply enlarged.
