One of the last missing pieces from Hackers' Pub's original roadmap is an algorithmic timeline. I've been thinking about how to build one that respects privacy and fediverse values—would love to hear thoughts from the community!

The key idea: only use explicit user actions (reactions, shares, follows) as signals, never track clicks, scrolling, or dwell time. What do you think?

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@hongminhee洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) I'm not a Hackers' Pub user but I'm always very excited by algorithm on Fedi! I think they are an important part of building better networks.

One thing that Twitter does that is interesting is to give more weight to a comment if the original poster replied/interacted with it (exact numbers: if someone leaves a comment, it's 54 times more impactful than a like, but if the OP replies it become x150). This is a great way to favor discussion in my opinion, this could be interesting to copy.
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