I'm following two "boost spammers". Really interesting stuff mostly, but their boost-feed drowns out the rest of the followed users posts.
Is there a way to get their boost frenzy connected to the same list where their actual posts have been located?
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The Pirate Post
in reply to Gagagoogle • •Hi @Gagagoogle
I could be described as a boost spammer. Friendica allows me to set up automatic resharing for certain accounts.
This doesn't make me a "bot," but it can definitely annoy some people. Fortunately, there's a mute option!
My selection is quite strict, and over time, I've made some adjustments to make my timeline less boring. My followers sometimes point out that certain content no longer aligns with the main theme of my account, and I've granted some of these requests and removed automatic resharing from certain sources.
My suggestion is to interact with your boost pusher: if you find they're sharing too much, try telling them and you'll be doing them a favor!
Gagagoogle
in reply to The Pirate Post • • •@piratepost Thanks for your feedback. The thing is I want all the sharing from the "spammers", just in a separate channel.
But considering no one seems to know a way so far, I might just do a small hack and invert the solution, by putting all my other followed users in a list called "Main". That would make my Home feed reserved for the "boost spammers" (and my own posts i guess)
Fedi.Tips
in reply to Gagagoogle • • •Do you still want to see their boosts? If you don't, you can go to their profile page, click ... and then "Hide boosts".
When you say "list" do you mean Mastodon's Lists feature? Boosts should be appearing there if you've put an account on a list. You probably already know but just in case, you can hide the contents of lists from your main timeline.
Gagagoogle
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •@FediTips It was my mistake, forgetting the "history doesn't update" here on Masto.
I see now that:
New Boosts from selected members gets in the List, if posted/Boosted after the "Hide members in Home" is toggled On.
Now I just wish for the Feeds-function, but it's not as pressing anymore. I'll tweak my lists in the meantime.
Fedi.Tips
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