For me, it's the absolute opposite.
I was annoyed, when #YouTube changed its star rating system to like & dislike. Now it's only like, anyway.
The same way I never understood how people just "follow" everyone the same way, when clearly not all followed deliver content of exactly the same quality for you.
I have this issue on #GitHub & now on #Nostr, as well.
Like, everyone follows each account for different reasons.
Would you put RSS bots in the same category as literal humans traveling around the world? I think, not.
So, I basically experience a feed with lots of crap, because everything is in the same pool of "followed" npubs.
I want to follow all, but I'm not interested the same way & same degrees in all the content each npub publishes.
Therefore, especially the Super Follow & Follow thing makes absolute sense to me.
Like, I already had to unfollow so many people on #Nostr, simply because they crap up my feed with too many posts. I want to follow them, but I simply cannot, due to the lack of such a filtering & categorisation mechanic.
I see it from your point of view and you bring up valid points. For me, I follow someone because they’re human. Some days they’re angry, some days happy. Some days they don’t post anything, some days they can’t stop posting. To me this human, and if I’m following you, I want to feel human and connected to a human. I don’t follow bots (knowingly 😜). Lists and the explore filter on Coracle are good enough filters for me.
Okay, let me give you an example of only actual humans, based on my real experience on #Nostr.
After I joined, I followed various accounts, mostly lead by humans. For the sake of this explanation, I don't count in any non-humans.
I followed an art related npub, which is lead by a human.
This npub shared tons of posts *every single day*, while other humans shared something maybe once in two days or sometimes less.
Even the humans who posted once or twice a day, were completely suffocated by the amount of content from this one artsy npub.
From this experience one of the first npubs I unfollowed was a human, who posted nice arts but it was way too much & often for me & my feed ecology.
Wouldn't this use case perhaps apply to a scenario in your feed?
Or are you already weeding out such potential problems by not following them in the first place?
In this example, I would've loved to have the option to mute all posts of the artsy channel & instead get a summary of the most liked posts of the week, or whatever criteria.
I skim, or ignore posts that are repetitive. The great thing is that you can turn these filters on and off.
I was simply adding my opinion to this thread to provide feedback to the developer of my favourite client.
so you are opposed to having the option to have any control of your own feed ?
remarkable insight into the mind of a slave ...
Not at all. Read my notes above. Choice is the most important aspect and I encourage you, and everyone else, to choose whatever you want. I was simply providing a perspective of somebody who would not use these features. For me, lists and choosing who to follow are enough.
the brain is analog. your solutions are digital. you're trying to ram a square peg into a round hole because " that's how we always done it "
Nothing we are doing is “that’s how we have always done it” I’m not sure why you’re angry? I don’t agree with your opinion, and I am sure this feature will be a choice. Have at it.
Skimming & ignoring sounds all well on paper, but in reality, everything you see & consume costs time, energy & attention. It drains you, no matter how fast you scroll by.
Our brains aren't computers, which can just immediately forget such stuff, when it's irrelevant.
yes as Yuval Harari said - have an information diet
be selective of what goes into your brain
many such cases. i am forced to unfollow basically everybody who floods the timeline with content. why should i see 10 times more content from some random person than from Lyn and Jack combined ? in many cases i like the person but if i don't unfollow them i will not see content from anybody else. it would be a much better solution to simply turn them down with an analog volume control. for example at 10% volume i should only see their posts if they got a like or reply. nostr:nprofile1qqs8y6s7ycwvv36xwn5zsh3e2xemkyumaxnh85dv7jwus6xmscdpcygpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dwp6kytnhv4kxcmmjv3jhytnwv46qz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxjmnxdupvvl8w
When Jack or lyn posts a note it gets amplified by the community. It gets boosted. My feed becomes inundated by reposts of their notes. I don’t need to turn up the volume anymore than it is.
Agreed on this 💯.
We don’t need to see a thousand reposts of the same thing, just because it came from a whale npub.
Which is why coracle does not support reposts at all
Why not just show it once with a label like: “[name] and n others reposted…”
In general I think it just encourages lazy interaction. I'd much rather people quote, for the same reason twitter discourages bare retweets
I agree a simple repost has little value, it's similar to a + reaction.
From my experience, bare reposts have a place, although it's controversial.
For example, reposts are excellent for sharing something from another community into your community.
Sure, you could also quote it, but, as previously mentioned, people would then start quoting & not actually add any content.
Mostly because some people treat reposts as reminders for those who were not here hours ago. Some people make a habit of reposting old stuff.
I occasionally like to unearth a 6-month-old note but I don’t always want to quote it because it looks cleaner to just repost on my timeline. But if this feature didn’t exist on my clients I’d just have to add an emoji or something to it. Wouldn’t it be equally annoying if 100 people did that at the same time to a large account’s note?
A quote forces you to make a statement about the note. Add your point of view, which adds another layer. Personally, I like it when someone quotes a note more than just a repost. I should do it more often 😂
but what if you don't want to make a statement ?
luxury cars have an option to delete the model name from the trunk, black out chrome trim and so on.
reposts look CLEANER than quotes.
Agree. That's why I keep the bare repost. I prefer to hide a duplicated repost in the UI algorithm than have to figure out if multiple quotes of the same post are worth showing or not.
Interesting point. The quote interface still seems good even if you don't add any context, since it flags that the note isn't current.
Just what I thought about, as well. You cannot stop boosts, because people will do it either way. Even if you forbid event & note link resolution, you can still post the link & explain the content.
Essentially, a cave man's reposting mechanism. 🤷
you just love banning things. you banned porn. you banned reposts. anybody can suggest a different client for Windows Desktop / Chrome Browser ?
The first time I'd ever read "whale npub", I love it! 😂
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Oh, I understand that completely. There are some serial posters who post a note every hour. Good on them, but your feed becomes all about them, basically their profile, before you find someone else's note. In a case like that, some option like 'show me every other note,' instead of 'every note' for that user might be useful.
this isn't even the worst - on YouTube you can't even block a channel from appearing in your search results ! ! !
you need a 3rd party Chrome Extension to do that and i'm not sure they are even working properly for me.
there was also a period of time google wouldn't allow me to remove "entertainment" from their google news panel. i was forced to read about Kardashians and Meghan Markle every day !
google thinks it's their right to shove content down your throat even when you're begging them to stop.
and a lot of developers here sadly assume that NOSTR has to work like big-tech platforms they're used to. but NOSTR isn't a propaganda machine like YouTube and Google and it also isn't meant to be used by Facebook Grandmas either.
why not lean into the fact that NOSTR is different and exploit the fact that average NOSTR user is more tech savvy and will be more likely to try to curate their feed.
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