Post B21FrmIy3rGSFI7cUS by staff@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B21Frfsrvyp4Kbrgye by staff@mastodon.social
       2026-01-06T19:56:49Z
       
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       We plan to disable the "live feeds" of the local and federated timelines on mastodon.social within in the next couple of weeks. They are already disabled on mastodon.online. While these feeds can be useful on smaller, topical or regional servers, they have limited use on larger servers like ours.The live feeds present all content on the server immediately and essentially pre-moderation, which presents a particularly poor experience to new users finding the fediverse for the first time.
       
 (DIR) Post #B21FrmIy3rGSFI7cUS by staff@mastodon.social
       2026-01-06T19:57:10Z
       
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       Recommended follows, trending, and searching for hashtags all provide a far better discovery experience for newcomers, and we intend to improve discovery features more in 2026.Note that we do have the ability to restore live feed access to individual users, and will consider this on a case-by-case basis. We will proactively reach out to trusted flaggers to offer this in advance.
       
 (DIR) Post #B21GDgIZ4dqFzINTOq by wjmaggos@liberal.city
       2026-01-06T20:33:34Z
       
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       @staff good decision. the magic of decentralized social is that you only have to see what you choose to, like the web. if somebody was trying to decide whether to leave AOL in the early 90s and had to see all the websites being created to decide (with hate sites included), it would deter them and not provide a comparable experience to "web surfing" etc.