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This magazine is dedicated to discussions on the federated social networking ecosystem, which includes decentralized and open-source social media platforms. Whether you are a user, developer, or simply interested in the concept of decentralized social media, this is the place for you. Here you can share your knowledge, ask questions, and engage in discussions on topics such as the benefits and challenges of decentralized social media, new and existing federated platforms, and more. From the latest developments and trends to ethical considerations and the future of federated social media, this category covers a wide range of topics related to the Fediverse.

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The fediverse isn't going to work if top pages consist of the same link 10x reposted. (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by neonfire@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social

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Seeing stuff about reddit being posted to 10 different technology boards, plus reddit-themed ones, then reposted further just makes this whole idea a mess. Reposts have to be consolidated into a single comment thread.

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[–] 0xtero@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's no algorithm in the fediverse. That's one of the main selling points.

[–] Kara@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The feed present on Kbin and Lemmy that delivers content that is "hot" is still an algorithm, it just isn't a hyper-specific one like you'd see on Tik Tok

[–] quandoquando 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorting by new also is an algorithm.

Not trolling here: I think this is something the fediverse will need to decide at some point. What are the acceptance criteria for timeline presentations? But this would also be a perfect example of diversity: don’t like the way our instance sorts your timeline? No problem, here’s some instances that do it differently.

[–] zalack@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The goal should be to allow users to choose their own algorithm, including third party algorithms you can install yourself or something.

[–] quandoquando 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, but the algorithms themselves will have to be provided by the instance, so I guess different instance might make different choices, for example due to privacy concerns etc.

[–] zalack@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

You could engineer it so users could provide their own algorithm.

It would be a HARD engineering problem, but not impossible, IMO.

[–] 0xtero@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, I meant "recommendation algorithm" or "based on dataming algorithm" - I should have been more clearer.
We have various "sorting", "time" and "weight/vote" based algorithms of course.