This seems to be the idea behind AT Protocol, which gives “Algorithmic choice: Control how you see the world through an open market of algorithms” as a goal.
I would expect it not to be too much work to add to Mastodon, except that the authors don’t like algorithmic feeds so either you’d need to convince them or maintain a fork. Currently trying the former.
I am not sure whether there is a technical argument, but there is a question of priority. To me, it is self-evident that algorithmic feed should be the highest priority for ActivityPub. But ActivityPub world seems to be full of people who say things like “I don’t want algorithmic feed”, or “newest first works fine”.
This seems to be the idea behind AT Protocol, which gives “Algorithmic choice: Control how you see the world through an open market of algorithms” as a goal.
I don’t see what’s wrong with building this on top of activitypub, the protocol that mastodon etc use? What’s the argument for a separate protocol?
Can Mastodon be hacked to do this? If not, why not?
I would expect it not to be too much work to add to Mastodon, except that the authors don’t like algorithmic feeds so either you’d need to convince them or maintain a fork. Currently trying the former.
Two good forks to consider reaching out to are Hometown and Ecko.
Good luck, I like the idea of Mastodon but haven’t gotten into it yet.
I am not sure whether there is a technical argument, but there is a question of priority. To me, it is self-evident that algorithmic feed should be the highest priority for ActivityPub. But ActivityPub world seems to be full of people who say things like “I don’t want algorithmic feed”, or “newest first works fine”.