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   Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Mar-2023 23:53:55 JST Anil Dash

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   • Casey Newton
   • Brian Boucheron

   @beardicus @caseynewton lol I think Paul has had me blocked on all social media for many years; if I recall i told him I found his perspective on a couple of things pretty sexist and he didn’t take the feedback well. So, no list for me!

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     Brian Boucheron (beardicus@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Mar-2023 23:53:56 JST Brian Boucheron

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     • Paul Haddad :tapbots_logo:
     • Casey Newton

     @caseynewton @paul if this list isn’t amended to always include @anildash then what even are we doing here?

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     Paul Haddad :tapbots_logo: (paul@tapbots.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Mar-2023 23:53:57 JST Paul Haddad :tapbots_logo:

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     Since a few have asked. The list comes from the individual instance (mastodon.social in this case). The admin can make changes to the list, a user can opt themselves out of it. It's not separated by any kind of “category”. Outside of the two company accounts we just show what the server returns.

     My gut says that anything short of having a diversely populated timeline on launch is going to cause most users to run the app once, delete it and then go complain on Twitter that Mastodon is too hard.

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     Casey Newton (caseynewton@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Mar-2023 23:53:57 JST Casey Newton

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     • Paul Haddad :tapbots_logo:

     @paul i think this is basically right

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     Paul Haddad :tapbots_logo: (paul@tapbots.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Mar-2023 23:53:58 JST Paul Haddad :tapbots_logo:

     When creating a new account we show a list of ~40 suggested follows (should be the same as explore -> for you on the web client). I'm debating just auto-selecting them (possibly with a “skip" button).

     I don't want to be accused of forcing people to follow other users, but the first launch experience when not following anyone is pretty terrible.

     My guess is that most will tap continue without even reading anything. So it's an auto-follow but for a good purpose...

     Thoughts?