Notices by Davide Eynard (+mala) (mala@fosstodon.org)

I got back home from the amazing #SocialWebFOSDEM and while I am drafting a “Build Your Own Timeline Algorithm” blog post to follow up on my talk I decided to keep the momentum going with a thread about it. You'll find my code at https://github.com/aittalam/byota and the talk slides here: https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5601-build-your-own-timeline-algorithm/ (a video with the recording of the talk should be available soon too). Now let’s dig into #BYOTA!

@evan I sadly missed the after hours, and I enjoyed both the devroom and the BOF equally. Above all (but I don’t know if it counts as a “part”) I loved the people and the vibes!

@evan never dared to watch it, but apparently there are still a few torrents around… 🤔

Are you a RHPS fan? I used to watch it every week in a theatre (double feature!) years ago!

@evan
Did I understand correctly that shares collection is limited to announce actions (boosts) and does not include replies as they are create actions?
I was wondering if the share information you referred to also allows to track replies… Sorry if it’s a stupid question, I am trying to come up with a coherent idea of how things work while reading the recommendation doc ?

@evan ah that’s good news, sorry I missed it!

@evan ahah when at Twitter, we developed a tool to visualize tweet spread… I always showed Cory’s tweets as an example, because his infinite threads ended up in such unique images!?

I’d love to see something similar on Mastodon - too bad that from a single instance one cannot get a full picture of how a post actually spreads (with boosts and replies) in the fediverse.