Am I wrong to think that in the absence of an algorithm, boosting your stuff at a different time of day actually makes sense?
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@incre_ment I read everything in a sequential timeline. I rarely self-boost - only when I really want something seen - because I find it annoying to read duplicates myself.
Mastodon has a 'hide boosts' per user option and I switch that on for anyone who does it for everything but it's an unfortunately big hammer because I miss out on them boosting other people's stuff.
If only there were a 'hide this person's self boosts' option. Then we could all be happy on this 🙂
@jtruk That's fair. I'm kinda leaning towards an occasional self-boost over making a habit of it.
@incre_ment I do it ocassionally with things I write because readers are around the world.
So yeah. Just don't do it all the time.
@incre_ment Makes sense to me. Pretty much every time I’ve seen someone boost their own post I hadn’t seen the original, so I suspect it’s a good idea.
@JasonBoyer That's what I'm thinking. It just feels weird to do so. Still purging that algorithm programming leftover from that other site!
@incre_ment
Yeah that helps. I often do ~12 hours or a few days and different time of day