Brutkey

Len
@Hyperlynx@aus.social

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

There is no algorithm on here

Look, that's obviously not true, or I wouldn't be reading your toot off of https://aus.social/explore !

There must be some reason it shows me some posts and not others, yes?

Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

@Hyperlynx@aus.social

I think we are talking about different things?

My post was about the timeline people see when they log on, the "Home Timeline". On most social networks people may get nervous about liking the wrong thing in case it messes up their own timeline. On here people don't need to worry about this because likes and shares don't affect their own timeline 🙂

The explore tab you linked to is a list of the most boosted recent posts, it's not anyone's personal timeline.

Len
@Hyperlynx@aus.social

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services right, what you see isn't customised to you; you're referring to "The Algorithm". That's fine.

I'm not clear on how liking or boosting affects what everyone sees on the Explore page, though.

Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

@Hyperlynx@aus.social

There's a simple formula in the code for the Explore page which IIRC forces it to only show recent posts which have had the largest number of recent boosts (and I think recent favourites also affect it somewhat). It also prevents the same account being listed more than once, to stop popular accounts from dominating the trending lists.

Len
@Hyperlynx@aus.social

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I see. Makes sense. Thank you, much appreciated