I think what @light wants is a Fediverse Custom Feed (rather than a List).

RE: https://mastodon.social/@light@noc.social/114162333801375136

I have been talking about Custom Feeds for the Fediverse.

I will be setting up a demo server for Custom Feeds — so Fediverse developers can ad support for Fediverse Custom Feeds to their software.

(And have something to test again.)

I have been arguing similar — that the issue isn't that recommendation-engine based feeds are the problem — but that the problem is whose interests has it been designed to serve‽ — yours‽ or someone else's‽

A recommendation-engine that serves YOUR INTERESTS can be useful and desirable.

@tmalsburg

RE: https://scholar.social/@tmalsburg/113676742869252956

Creating a Fediverse Custom Feed —

From a programmer's POV, for creating a Fediverse Custom Feed —

The client-side app doesn't care how the content gets into a feed

I.e., it doesn't care what algorithm you did or didn't use to create a Fediverse Custom Feed

You (the program powering the Fediverse Custom Feed) provides content — and the client-side app displays it.

Just set Actor type="Feed".

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A Fediverse Custom Feed is — part UI/UX and part Protocol.

I don't always go on social-media.

But when I do I want Fediverse custom feeds.

John Mastodon wants Fediverse Custom Feeds.

Fediverse Custom Feeds

Let's make them exist!

Instead of having a single home-feed. You could have multiple feeds of your choosing.

For example—

Do you want a feed of just mutuals — you can do that with Fediverse Custom Feeds.

What about a feed showing just people you follow who do NOT post very often — you can do that with Fediverse Custom Feeds.

If fact, you can any kind of feed you can imagine.

I submitted a Talk Proposal for a talk at FOSDEM 2025 to the FOSDEM organizers.

I have given talks at many conferences. But this is the first time I have submitted anything to FOSDEM.

I will see if it gets accepted or not.

This talk (if accepted) would fall under the Social Web track:

https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/social-web/

The FOSDEM Social Web track is focused on the Fediverse, ActivityPub, etc.

The Fediverse could have custom feeds.

Fediverse front-end client applications just need to add support for it.

(A custom feed could just be an actor that you can put along side the home-feed in the front-end UI.)