Algorithmic feeds on the fediverse? Controversial. I get it.
But here's the thing: we can build them ethically. Transparent. Opt-in. Default to reverse-chron followers (and local, if you want it).
Did it with Loops. 1M+ unique video views in 4 months.
Build healthy. Keep users happy. Listen to your community.
@dansup I still noticed some flaws:
- "For You" doesn't respect the language(s) I actually understand
- "For you" reproposes loops that might be popular and/or new, but which I've already seen
- Also my impression is that some very cool older loops (from e.g. 2025) never made it into my "For You".
- Sometimes there's an entire stack of loops from the very same creator.
- There should be a function "show less from this creator", when you don't want to block him, but it's just too much.
@dansup In Friendica we have got a bunch of predefined algorithms. See here: emeasecurelink.aptean.com/rss-…
Do you plan to offer more than one as well?
@heluecht oh wow, that is very cool! We may add custom feeds to Loops, but that’s about it in terms of algos.
@dansup it makes sense for community to influence what i see on my feed ie. an algorithm-based selection. It's a slippery slope though. Especially as the community grows and becomes more 'diverse'.
What about a more granular personal filtering approach? So i could determine myself (clientside) exactly what's worth viewing and whats not?
Eg. All posts with > 3 boosts AND the hashtag #privacy NOT posted by @-badactor etc.
PS: your approach is interesting 👍
@DazRunner The For You feed is pretty simple in how we rank relevance, but we will make it more transparent and powerful by giving users the ability to give feedback (I'm not interested, I don't mind this, I really like this) and implementing keyword filters to better refine the results.
That being said, what you mentioned is something I've been considering as a separate Custom Feed feature where you can use hashtags and terms to build your own reverse-chron feed.
I'm down to chat more abt ths
@dansup let's chat later... 😍🥰
The Loops For You Feed is not only open source and auditable, but represents a huge shift in fediverse culture by providing a big user experience improvement that any (size) instance can take advantage of.
Just look at the code ⬇️
https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/blob/main/app/Services/ForYouFeedService.php
