There is a built-in mechanism in Mastodon's server software which reduces how often you see the same post boosted again and again.
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@fishidwardrobe @FediTips Ah, I understand THE concern. You refer to having a boost in chronological order as well. I see some value in such a setting, would help some people that really struggle with concentration.
Boosts' reappearing nature kinda breaks through this constraint and have a life of their own. Meanwhile, getting creative with the time of publishing a post is nonetheless important to get a few more eyes to it.
But I wish we didn't have to do this at all and just chillax: less boosts, more control over reading flow, schedule, where one stops reading and gets a neat scroll-around to catch up with what they missed while being offline.
The way official Mastodon apps work right now is I have to scroll manually in reverse chronological order. And some replies don't ever make sense without seeing full thread, so why would I read them in reverse! Come on, Mastodon.
Maybe I should just get used to Phanpy. Alas, its loading speed on mobile often leaves me in dismay.
"And some replies don't ever make sense without seeing full thread, so why would I read them in reverse!"
You can see the full thread by clicking on the reply, and the full thread is shown with the oldest post at the top.
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@FediTips maybe it would be nice, if this number was configurable?
It would be, and it's been suggested by lots of people on the Mastodon Github page, but the developers don't seem to be keen on it for some reason. Possibly causes technical headaches that aren't obvious?
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@FediTips it would be nice to have more generalized duplicate reduction.
Some people have multiple accounts and post the same thing with the same hashtags to all of them. Following one of those hashtags gives a couple of posts that look like duplicates, but of course they're not actually the same post.
I'm not sure why they are posting 100% identical content from different accounts on the same network? Possibly they don't realise that posts from different servers end up on the same feeds of their followers?
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@FediTips What I'd like to see is a feature to ignore self-boosts from accounts I follow. I've looked but haven't see such a thing. Have I simply missed it?
There's nothing specifically about self-boosts (which are usually just used to reach different time zones), but you can hide all of an account's boosts if you want: https://fedi.tips/blocking-and-muting-on-the-fediverse/#JustBoosts
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@FediTips oh, great! are the repetitions suppressed only if I haven't seen the post? Or do the boosts simply appear every ~80 posts in my feed (visualised or not)?
It's the second option, the boosts are allowed to repeat (if someone you follow boosts them) after 80 other posts have scrolled through your timeline.
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I'm not sure why they are posting 100% identical content from different accounts on the same network? Possibly they don't realise that posts from different servers end up on the same feeds of their followers?
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @idiot@mastodonapp.uk I think some people are used to having to crosspost on Instagram + Twitter for example, so if they have both pixelfed and mastodon they may think it's the same thing where they need to post on both separately? maybe different followers on each too
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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @idiot@mastodonapp.uk I think some people are used to having to crosspost on Instagram + Twitter for example, so if they have both pixelfed and mastodon they may think it's the same thing where they need to post on both separately? maybe different followers on each too
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"And some replies don't ever make sense without seeing full thread, so why would I read them in reverse!"
You can see the full thread by clicking on the reply, and the full thread is shown with the oldest post at the top.
@FediTips @fishidwardrobe The thing remains, it will not eliminate the need to scroll through them in the Home timeline.
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@kauer @vintprox @FediTips although, is that because people have replies set to unlisted? i do that. it's considered polite by some. if i reply to a toot it usually doesn't turn up on timeline unless you click on the thread — because i don't want to spam folks' timelines with "sure", "not what i meant" or "lol".
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@fishidwardrobe @kauer @vintprox
A post or reply will only show up in hashtag searches or hashtag follows if it uses the public visibility setting. None of the other visibilities show up in hashtag searches or follows.
