We're testing a couple new follow recommendation algorithms on mastodon.online, so if you have an account there, please check Explore → People and let me know if the quality of the results has improved for you.
@Gargron I'd rather this wasn't a feature anywhere for mastodon, I thought we didn't want algorithms. I really like the actual connection I make with people I follow and follow me. If people start being recommended my account and don't really care about interacting or have otherwise never seen me before, it'll be real sad to see. It also sets up promoted accounts and will inevitably recommend famous people and businesses, which is not what mastodon is.
@Gargron Instances set up the topic you're most interested in, so just showing random users from it would be enough for me at least. A more useful thing for an algorithm would be recommending the instances to people through a short Q&A to make joining less complex.
@tripplehelix @Gargron even if you have an outstanding mechanism to select your silo, it still remains a silo. I agree on the positives, but there are also negatives to it
