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The best algorithm for a feed is very simple.

>Show my follows + their follows.

That’s it. No real person in the network follows spammers, that is the filter. If anyone starts to follow a spammer I can simply unfollow the idiot.

This immediately results in a self correcting mass of a network. Whether we see this soon or much later, this is the most elegant way and will ultimately be where we end up.

florian | Photographer 2y ago

Yes and no. There also needs to be a way to discover new followers and new users need to be able discover established users.

Currently this can be done by hashtags and manual browsing but at some point we will need suggestions based on topics and other analytics tools to find who to follow.

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⚡️🌱🌙 2y ago

Think again.

If you are brand new and you followed 2 people, then my follows followers feed would likely include 500 people.

So it’s a massive aid to discovery. Much better than what we do now.

My follows follows initially grows very quickly and then plateaus out as you reach diminishing returns.

⚡️🌱🌙 2y ago

Ugh, my follows follows (not followers).