Post AXaFuHRrTY8WUjXqfw by purplelime@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AXaENDaEiyiwzu8JRA by anders@thoresson.social
2023-07-11T11:32:43Z
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What is your best strategy to catch up on your #Mastodon feed when you’ve been away for a day or two?That’s a use case where I can see some sort of ranking algorithm being valuable.Or a feature that would allow me to scroll not to the most recent post in my feed but like the Nth hundred most recent one.
(DIR) Post #AXaEZ4V0KGGMIWL0pE by anders@thoresson.social
2023-07-11T11:34:52Z
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You’ve been away from #Mastodon for 24 hours. You return to 1500 unread posts in you feed. What do you do?
(DIR) Post #AXaFBT57NRIxXjXSXg by heyimandreas@mastodonsweden.se
2023-07-11T11:41:45Z
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@anders The app that I’m using remember where in the timeline I left off so I just have to scroll up for new posts.
(DIR) Post #AXaFDdkChjn3BxnABc by purplelime@mastodon.social
2023-07-11T11:42:09Z
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@anders I tend to open Ivory and start from where I left off. I usually have under 100 to catch up with even if it’s been 24hrs since last opened (tho’ rare not to check for that long).I suppose if you follow a lot of chatty accounts and see several hundred toots ahead of you it will be far more daunting. I have this problem with Glass. I can go many many weeks without opening the app. Then I get anxiety about trying to catch up and so the avoidance process continues.
(DIR) Post #AXaFFbY1qEXcxX2A9A by anders@thoresson.social
2023-07-11T11:42:35Z
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@heyimandreas Yeah, so do mine. But the problem is where “up” mean thousand of posts to read. :)
(DIR) Post #AXaFTymiFChh55kyEi by anders@thoresson.social
2023-07-11T11:45:05Z
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@purplelime Well, yes, cutting back on the number of accounts I follow is something I am considering. :)And yes, again, feel the same in relation to Glass to some extent. But here I’m in part professionally, and don’t want to miss things that are of real importance too me. Glass is more of a hobby, even though important too me. 📸
(DIR) Post #AXaFlTbCvjBlZbibRI by heyimandreas@mastodonsweden.se
2023-07-11T11:48:17Z
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@anders Me personally would scroll upwards really fast and try to be focused as to not miss a good post. But yeah, some type of rating might be a good idea, a “While you were gone” summary of sorts.
(DIR) Post #AXaFuHRrTY8WUjXqfw by purplelime@mastodon.social
2023-07-11T11:49:54Z
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@anders when it was busier here some weeks ago during WWDC there were 200+ posts overnight, so I tapped to the top and read back over during breakfast. I think not seeing the number of unread toots sometimes takes away the catch-up anxiety.
(DIR) Post #AXaFwEdOuOGMLYsGxc by writeblankspace@fosstodon.org
2023-07-11T11:50:13Z
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@anders I don't really go through my entire feed since I have hashtags there too, but I would only go to my notifications then start reading the lastest posts. I also have a list of accounts who post interesting stuff, so I read all of that, but it's not much.
(DIR) Post #AXaGZiYla57AS5X8bY by anders@thoresson.social
2023-07-11T11:57:24Z
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@purplelime Yeah, putting numbers of those things add anxiety for sure. Most of the time I tap at the top. But compared to Twitter where I had some mechanisms in place to catch the gold nuggets I'm longing for something similar here.
(DIR) Post #AXaGddkXPHuugxuTBo by anders@thoresson.social
2023-07-11T11:58:08Z
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@writeblankspace But of course! Had forgotten that the list feature is here as well! Heavy list user on Twitter, for that exact use case!
(DIR) Post #AXaGtEAUHmedzBTpke by purplelime@mastodon.social
2023-07-11T12:00:47Z
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@anders would creating a list of your more important accounts be helpful, so that you can check on those first? I haven’t done that here as I follow a manageable amount of people at the moment.
(DIR) Post #AXaH44FhUe7CPx5UAq by anders@thoresson.social
2023-07-11T12:02:55Z
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@purplelime Yes! Had forgotten about the list feature. Used it a lot on Twitter though, for exact that purpose! :)
(DIR) Post #AXaH5qBEmduBLxqTUO by jtb@toot.wales
2023-07-11T12:03:10Z
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@anders Don't bother. If you don't have time to read everything it doesn't matter what you read and what you don't read.
(DIR) Post #AXaHMDZRaPMaWxyddY by anders@thoresson.social
2023-07-11T12:05:58Z
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@jtb Isn't the opposite true? If I *do* have time to read everything, it doesn't matter?
(DIR) Post #AXaINvV5qEu71KJwFk by jtb@toot.wales
2023-07-11T12:17:40Z
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@anders Well both are true but it sounds like you don't have enough time.
(DIR) Post #AXaIUtnSZgHZlOEhrE by anders@thoresson.social
2023-07-11T12:18:56Z
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@jtb I rather feel like having not enough time makes it more important to decide what to read. What's your line of thinking here? :)
(DIR) Post #AXaIiOMSFR0mK12STA by jtb@toot.wales
2023-07-11T12:21:22Z
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@anders I am thinking it doesn't matter. Most of what I read doesn't matter.
(DIR) Post #AXabg9lySvGTvsMjAG by cordelya@toots.cordelya.net
2023-07-11T15:53:51Z
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@anders I haven't done this yet, but one thing that might help is to have a list of accounts that are "must read" for you, that you can look at when there's a huge backlog, as it will let you get at what's most important.Perhaps even have both a "must read" and a "maybe read" list.
(DIR) Post #AXacg6Pn38m5TMWkLo by anders@thoresson.social
2023-07-11T16:05:04Z
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@cordelya Yep! Used to be a heavy lost user over at Twitter. Don’t know why I overlooked that option here. Right now deep down in some list-building! :)
(DIR) Post #AXb7yhAIFXdPF5clsm by bok@lor.sh
2023-07-11T21:55:45Z
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@anders How do I know how many posts there are? I just read back until the approximate time I stopped previously, and I hit a couple of pictures I recall.
(DIR) Post #AXb9flaPmr2BMRwby4 by anders@thoresson.social
2023-07-11T22:14:45Z
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@bok Many apps show that number, like @ivory and @IceCubesApp.
(DIR) Post #AXbAHMTFc9LKTFWIvQ by bok@lor.sh
2023-07-11T22:21:33Z
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@anders None of the ten or so Android apps I've tried do.
(DIR) Post #AXzjvRaz4YniEjeoam by sharan@metalhead.club
2023-07-23T18:54:02Z
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@andersNothing. I just continue where I left off and I don't scroll down. If there are some people who's posts I'm interested in, I go to their profile.