I realize that Mastodon is specifically intended not to have any sort of algorithm, and I understand and appreciate that, but it’s not what I want, personally. I want to have the posts in my feed sorted by the ones with the most “engagement” as those are likely the most interesting ones.

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    Yes, but this is only trending posts on basically the entirety of Mastodon. I’m looking for posts in my feed to be sorted by engagement. ie: “favorites” and especially # of “boosts”.

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      Ah, I see what you mean now. Yes, that sounds like it would probably be useful, but I hope that they are very careful with slowly adding features that change the network/social dynamics of the place.

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        I’m not asking them to change anything. Just wondering if there’s a different existing service.

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          I’ve heard that there are some Mastodon apps that have their own algorithms, but unfortunately don’t remember any details. Perhaps that would be something to look into.