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Public timeline is trash🤮 (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I don't really browse the public timeline but when I do, I wish I never looked at it again.

The local timeline of the instance that I am on is pretty good and well moderated.

The public timeline should be removed imo

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

The global timeline:

  • hentai
  • porn
  • bots
  • random news articles
  • pictures of cats, rabbits, etc

This is what I usually see when I open up the global timeline.

Even the developer of mastodon is aware of this and has not even included the global timeline in the official iOS app because the global timeline is not friendly to new users.

Its a useless feature imo.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago

"pictures of cats, rabbits, etc"

... that sounds like awesome content to me :P

with that said, I agree. the "water hose" global timeline is in most cases completely useless. I don't think it should be removed completely. But I do think it should get disabled/hidden/etc... Make space for something more useful. :P

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

That's what I see when I open up the federated timeline on two different Mastodon instances and snapshot the top page or so of content. (Well, without the glitch in the screen capture, obviously.) Notably absent:

  • hentai
  • porn
  • bots (I think, maybe there was some bot stuff in Japanese there)
  • random news articles
  • pictures of cats, rabbits, etc.

Even had there been:

  • content settings and blocks work for the first two
  • bots are easy to spot and block too
  • I actually like random news articles so …
  • pictures can be scrolled over easily or settings can be adjusted so you can't even see them

In short, the only useless thing I'm seeing is the whining about the global feed.