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   Dr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺 (emmalbriant@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 09-Mar-2025 04:01:08 JST Dr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺

   Hmmmm... anyone know how the algorithm works in Mastodon? I thought you only saw posts from those you followed! This is super interesting example of (Russian?) propaganda dissemination. I don't follow this pro-Russian account 'Europe Says' but I am getting its posts in my feed, I also don't follow the 'Politics' feed, the only account to have boosted it.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 09-Mar-2025 04:01:07 JST Adrianna Tan

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     @emmalbriant not supposed to be an algorithm. I wonder if you followed someone and then they changed their whole thing or got taken over.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 09-Mar-2025 04:05:16 JST Rich Felker

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     • Sol R. 🌤️

     @MarSolRivas @emmalbriant Yeah, hashtag seems the most likely explanation. This is why I've been against the whole hype of "use hashtags because there's no algorithm!" from the beginning. They're trivially spammable and bypass the otherwise satisfied "everything is vetted by your relationships" promise of Mastodon.

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     Sol R. 🌤️ (marsolrivas@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 09-Mar-2025 04:05:17 JST Sol R. 🌤️

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     @emmalbriant There is no algorithm. Maybe the post contains a # that you follow? 🤔

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     のえる (noellabo@fedibird.com)'s status on Sunday, 09-Mar-2025 04:05:31 JST のえる

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     • かき@GNUsocialJP

     @emmalbriant Check to see if you are following any hashtags included in the posts in your feed.