[TECHCRUNCH] BBC is testing being on Mastodon, says fediverse better fit for public purposes than Twitter or Threads - eviltoast
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    1 year ago

    It has plenty of sorting algorithms. It doesn’t have suggestion algorithms and that’s a good thing.

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      1 year ago

      What do you mean? Can you sort your mastodon feed in any way other than the equivalent of “new” in lemmy?

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        1 year ago

        What I meant was that twitter had an algorithm to promote post / users that it felt would get you more engaged. That’s what the blue checkmark has become now. A way of paying to get your posts promoted.

        The lack of that algorithm means you need to go look for content rather than having it spoon fed to you.