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  • Twitterific was too old school, like it didn’t want to move past skeuomorphic design of old iOS. I liked it but I’m old. I should like Tapestry so I’m really bummed about this experience.

    If you want this kind of aggregator then the new version of Reeder attempted it couple of months ago and it seemed much nicer to use. When I noticed that’s it’s the same idea I reinstalled it and am now trying to stick with it. It didn’t have those custom filtered views that Tapestry has before but it’s been added since. I think it wants me to set up many views and just dip into them like channels to surf on TV. Configuration was painfully slow but I understand why some of it had be done this way - you have to make sure you’re adding low noise sources. It’s also half baked honestly but much more usable, better looking and cheaper.









  • I don’t understand who this is for.

    It’s not a good RSS client because it doesn’t offer any specialised features (pulling content beyond what’s in rss, proper reader view, caching etc).

    It’s an awful microblogging platform client because you can’t see context or comments. So then maybe you could set up another account, otherwise you’re going to get every new shitpost in your Tapestry (ewww). Then you wonder why not use this account in Mastodon client when it can be a list and skip bothering with another app.

    It’s not a good YouTube app or whatever else they implement. It’s not going to be a good everything app because better apps exist for individual services and this developer doesn’t seem to have capacity to implement even the basics.

    It does offer some cool features when you have a bajillion news sources but then you’d be kidding yourself that this app will let you browse them all. Maybe you’ll set up some cool alerts for stuff you’ll see elsewhere anyway.

    I might be missing the point but this is really undercooked for what they try to charge.


  • This is not BlueSky-style, it’s Activity Pub style.

    I can browse a Lemmy community from Mastodon and see it in a very different way. Yes, I could sort by activity but then I’d have to keep a separate Lemmy account for those low traffic communities. In Mastodon I can make a list of groups and see only last two replies per thread effectively. Votes are irrelevant and Mastodon has that covered by not implementing that at all.

    We don’t have any control over how others will view whatever communication or interactions are being sent over AP. That also means one is free to reinterpret it in whatever way they see fit.



  • How does this prevent anyone from participating? This kind of sort would make one engage less with some content and users they don’t want to. You could do it for efficiency, mental health or whatever reason you come up with. Having an option of increasing importance of your local instance in shaping what you see is just one more way of tweaking your experience without affecting others. It’s dangerously close to „the algorithm” but works without being a black box.

    OPs issue is not solved by private instances because it cuts off contact entirely. You might as well set view to Local and ban other instances in your client.





  • They can change sorting and view but they will not get anywhere near their stated purpose. OP wants instances to gather people that share similar interests or beliefs so that his/her browsing experience is shaped by this choice in a natural manner.

    As an very rough example, this could mean that in discussion-centric instances text posts would be ranked higher because users in those instances tend to upvote them more often. This would also mean that less interesting stuff is not filtered but lower in the ranking. Those seeking such experience (it does sound attractive to me) would have higher incentive to join smaller and more focused instances. Maybe they wouldn’t be so small then, or they’d have to vet new users and it’d be a terrible idea, or maybe it would lead to even more centralisation which would be even worse. Still worth considering imo.