I realize that Mastodon is specifically intended not to have any sort of algorithm, and I understand and appreciate that, but it’s not what I want, personally. I want to have the posts in my feed sorted by the ones with the most “engagement” as those are likely the most interesting ones.

  • Lazycog@sopuli.xyz
    4·
    1 year ago

    Firefish (former calckey) seems to have “trends” and “activity” filters on their platform. Saw that on joinfirefish.org

    Never used firefish but perhaps try there?

    • HughJanus@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah I’ve used Firefish, and I do like it a lot, but have been unable to find a stable server. Plus the inability to follow hashtags is a huge drawback…

      • Blaze
        2·
        1 year ago

        Can’t you use Antennas to follow hashtags?

        • HughJanus@lemmy.mlOP
          1·
          1 year ago

          I dunno, can you? I don’t need 12 different feeds. I don’t spend that much time on there. I just use the “Home” feed.

          • 10EXP@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            You can. Putting, say, #Funny in your antenna will show you everything with the keyword “#Funny”. This is more powerful than just hashtag following, as you can even follow specific words.

            Alas, as you mentioned, antenna content doesn’t show up in the home feed yet. I believe there is an open issue to change that.

          • Blaze
            1·
            1 year ago

            Last time I went there, I was able to follow hashtags using that feature.