Of note: Bluesky currently has features to make it easy to follow user-generated feeds, which offers this sort of freedom. I've certainly seen academics who have tried Mastodon say that Bluesky provides them with a more useful tool for conversation and networking with their academic community. That being said, I'm not aware of true demonstrated federation of Bluesky (aside from just identity servers), so proceed with some caution there.
As you say, I think similar things could be done in Mastodon, but there is such a strong phobia around "algorithms" that such efforts to make relevant posts easier to find/filter tend to provoke fierce backlash. So it's more of a cultural problem than a technical one.
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2024-10-27 19:34:43
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