Have you seen the same post boosted in your timeline again and again?
Mastodon does automatically hide repeated boosts, but unfortunately it is set to allow repeats of boosts after 40 other posts have scrolled through your timeline.
There is currently no easy way for admins or users to adjust this number as it is hardcoded into Mastodon's server software. If you're comfortable using Github, you can vote for this to be fixed by giving a thumbs up at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/18693
@FediTips all my repeat boost offenders come from their own account typically. So there's an handful of people I follow that i turned off boosts for, so I don't see them boost the same stuff 5 times a day
@FediTips Mastodon fans will do their utmost to prevent this social media from becoming popular. This is such a great example of that. Just trying so hard to redefine a feature (viral posts) into a problem.
@FediTips If I follow multiple accounts that all decide to boost a specific post—then it's very likely that this post is relevant for me. And it should show up in my feed more than once to help me discover it. But somehow many people here see discoverability as a bug.
@elithebearded@FediTips Do you think people who see every individual post on their timeline 24 hours a day are the majority on a popular social medium or a minority?
This seems to me a case of elite projection: a very special group of users seeing their own usage patterns as the norm.
Just to make clear, this isn't a call for a feature that is permanently on for everyone, it's for a feature that can be switched on or off or adjusted depending on what the user wants.
The current filter can be switched off if someone wants to see all the boosts, it's called "group boosts" and is in Preferences on your server website.
The main idea of the Fediverse is that if people disagree on something (such as how often a boost repeats), they can choose to go in different directions without leaving the network.
Centralising networks leads to governance problems, as the central authority eventually becomes corrupt because users have no way of moving to another instance.
People who prefer centralised social networks already have plenty of options.
@FediTips@elithebearded When you want something (individual control over boost visibility) it should be implemented for everyone on the fediverse. When I oppose your idea, I should leave and go somewhere else.
This is unique to Mastodon and exactly what I meant in my original response to you: The main advocates for this network at the same time constantly tell people to leave. Absolutely wild.
If you're on a federated network, there is no central authority to force compliance. The different members of the federation are free to do what they want.
It's a property of any federated network.
There is no global authority on telephone company regulations for example, but you can still make calls between different phone companies in different countries.
@FediTips Please don't try to BS me. Apart from the general point ("Code is Law", see illustration) there is famously a concerted effort underway right now to prevent Meta's Threads from federating with anyone. Clearly, there is a capacity to make collective decisions, both in the Mastodon-Code and in the administration of individual instances.
"there is famously a concerted effort underway right now to prevent Meta's Threads from federating with anyone"
Blocking Threads is a really, really good thing 👍
Meta is a horrific organisation which should be blocked by everyone possible. It has been linked to genocides, human rights abuses, non-consensual psychological manipulation etc.