On the iOS app, is there a way to see a “trending feed” or something that that lets me see beyond who I’ve followed? I followed like one or two people and it feels like my feed now only ever shows stuff from them now.
I don’t have iOS but you can see trending hashtags on the web so maybe there’s an equivalent on the app? You could also see all the latest post from you server and the entire Mastodon.
The best way to diversify the timeline for me is to directly follow tags of things you like.
On the iOS app, is there a way to see a “trending feed” or something that that lets me see beyond who I’ve followed? I followed like one or two people and it feels like my feed now only ever shows stuff from them now.
I assume you are talking about mastodon here not lemmy but yes there are two main ways to discover posts from others that you don’t follow.
Your “home” feed is a feed of all users on your instance independent of whether you follow them or not.
Your “federated” timeline is a feed of all users who users on your instance follow independent of whether you follow them or not
I don’t have iOS but you can see trending hashtags on the web so maybe there’s an equivalent on the app? You could also see all the latest post from you server and the entire Mastodon.
The best way to diversify the timeline for me is to directly follow tags of things you like.
On iOS, I’ve found great usability in Firefish. Custom emojis, better scrolling, live microblog updates.
Making it into a shortcut onto your homepage basically makes it an app in its own right.
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Follow tags for subjects you like and peak at the global/federated feed now and then.