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spaf

Am I missing a way to organize toots? (That's the local name for posts, not my flatulence -- that I have organized.) Something like the "lists" feature in Twitter?

I am already getting overwhelmed by posts of the people I'm following.

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KMD001

@spaf there's a list feature on the Mastodon web app

spaf

@KevinDunseath Thanks! I missed that.

the grugq

@spaf same issue. Why are there three timelines? Why is only one of them vaguely curated by me? What is even is the source of the other timelines? Why can’t I disable them? I want a curated list, not a firehose

☢ ciⒶby ☣
@thegrugq @spaf
Home is your timeline, local is your server's timeline, federated is all the servers' timeline (roughly).
☢ ciⒶby ☣
@keith @thegrugq @spaf
It's super slow and I can't vote. I'm getting this error on the browser console:
Content Security Policy: The page’s settings blocked the loading of a resource at inline (“script-src”).
the grugq

@ciaby @spaf yeah, I know what they are, but not why I have them. Why do I want a stream of everything everywhere that I can never possibly read? I’d rather have a list of, idk, people I want to read in that space. The local list makes some sense and I don’t begrudge it, but I’m not that interested either. There are 10k ppl on this server. No one could possibly read that firehouse.
If mastodon is supposed to rival Twitter there will be millions of users. The traffic for local and federated lists will be a huge annoyance for people on mobile or slow internet

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@thegrugq @spaf
I remember that the original idea for the federated timeline was to have a look at what is "out there", if you feel like expanding your network.
I must agree that it's not very useful :)
I wouldn't worry about the traffic because, as far as i can remember, the list is only populated when you open it. I might be wrong tho, I just came back after 2 years of hiatus (and I'm using pleroma, which is kind of the same but not exactly).
Rmogull

@thegrugq @ciaby @spaf I just using an app that hides those. I only see my home feed which is only people I follow. Feels just like my chrono Twitter feed.

Keith Whyte

@thegrugq @spaf
I don't see that the federated timeline scales at all. It would seem totally pointless on anything other than a small instance (< 30 or so) active users. It may be that mastodon was conceived more this way - plenty of small instances. The way it is going now with a lot of people loading certain instances is possibly a failure for #fediverse

I tried a poll about this a while back:
mamut.tic-ac.org/@keith/109093

Telecomunicaciones Indígenas ComunitariasKeith Whyte (@keith@tic-ac.org)How useful is the federated timeline on your instance? (Or if you have multiple accounts, on the largest instance you use) [ ] Very useful! [ ] Somewhat useful. [ ] I don't know. [ ] Totally pointless.
Peregrine993 ☑️ 🗿

@spaf Yes, re Lists: Go to "Getting Started", then look within the Personal heading for Home, Direct Messages, ... and LISTS.

lythander

@spaf The web interface on the rhs has a button for "lists" but NFI how it works. There go my Sunday plans...

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