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@DirkGutlin @Mastodon we use use favorite option all the time and we know others that do as well. it has a function, that function just isn't feeding some opaque algorithm. idk if the stuff you see doesn't interest you that seems like you're not following the right people. the software won't fix that for you. and yeah, no matter what software you use the fediverse is never gonna be Twitter 2 and that's a good thing. we left Twitter for a reason.

@elexia @Mastodon

Well okay for a reference: check the above Mastodon posts. 400+ reposts and 5 stars? I don't think this button is much used...

Also: I don't follow the right people? I think that's the problem. If I get a bad experience so easily on this platform, and it's my fault if I don't improve it, this will keep people from using it. I understand that active Mastodon users like this, that's why they're (still) here. But there are many more people who don't, and these are on bsky now.

@elexia @Mastodon
My point here is that most people prefer less chaotic feeds and a more accessible interface and bsky managed this well while still giving *You* control over what you see. Mastodon could've done that too which would've made it eternally better, but they didn't.

Which seems to be fine for people who like to take the Mastodon deep dive, but terribly inconvenient for average Joe users like me.

@DirkGutlin @Mastodon yeah idk mastodon UI and UX could definitely use some work, though it's also difficult to balance what people want out of it. not sure other fedi software do better with this.

@elexia @DirkGutlin @Mastodon I don't get this at all. I use both Tusky app or the Mastodon app and I don't find either confusing at all. I have a diverse feed, all the news I want and even public transport and weather info. I use the star button. It does do something. It makes the poster feel heard - which is the point no? Sometimes I wonder does it just make sense to a different type of brain. Where is this maze of text you complain about?

@urbanfoxe @elexia @Mastodon

Well it is here on my feed, it's my Mastodon experience. Do You want to deny my experience? Do you suggest my brain is "not made" for Mastodon? Sorry, but this sounds like intense gatekeeping. I shared my experience, I get that it's not the experience of people who are happy here, but it's the experience of people who tried it here but moved to bsky. If Mastodon is not interested in those people, that's fine. Then ppl will go to bluesky.

@DirkGutlin @elexia @Mastodon I'm not dismissing your experience at all. I just don't get it and I'd like to understand it as many of my friends won't join or stay active either. I asked for an image of the 'maze of text' you see.

@urbanfoxe
Well, I don't think I can capture it in one image. I think the weird thing is that my feed is usually overflowing with very few very active users, and I get EVERYTHING these few active users do, be it original posts or comments to comments to comments. I like more original posts and more diversity in the posts I see.

In bsky, I have this neatly ordered due to feeds. If I want science, i get a science feed. If I want social, i check my friends feed. No suggestive algorithm. No chaos

@DirkGutlin @urbanfoxe You can do the same thing in Mastodon as well (using lists), though perhaps it's a bit more manual?

@elCelio @chiraag @DirkGutlin that's kind of what I was saying about the different brains. I find Mastodon intuitive and logical. I never found IG intuitive but everyone else seems to.

@urbanfoxe @chiraag @DirkGutlin
that's interesting. what do you not find intuitive on IG?

@elCelio @chiraag @DirkGutlin stories/posts/reels. How to share when you're tagged. How to respond when you're mentioned. The whole thing really!

@chiraag @urbanfoxe @DirkGutlin
IG? yes, it's the same with FB.
but there is a button to disable it. somewhere.

@elCelio @urbanfoxe @DirkGutlin If FB is that bad now, I'm glad I left it in 2018.