Wander ΘΔ :verified_paw: on Nostr: My "MastoRecommender" project: A project where we turn the dreaded corporate ...
My "MastoRecommender" project:
A project where we turn the dreaded corporate spam-pushing algorithm concept on its head to create a curated recommendations feed that YOU control, runs 100% on your PC, is private and works with any fediverse instance that supports the Mastodon API.
Tired of missing out on awesome fedi content and discussions that people from around the world are posting while you're asleep? Well, no more
This will of course be fully open source. It also works via the existing API which is already used by clients such as Tusky. This means that:
a) users only get recommendations for content they have permissions to see.
b) it can be used by anyone with an account at any fediverse instance that supports the Mastodon API.
The Boost and Favorite buttons will allow you to boost or favorite content directly from the feed, while other options will allow you to give more or less weight to certain content.
All calculations necessary are done locally on your device and your content recommendation preferences never ever leave said device.
Finally, in regards to data safety, it'll act like a regular Mastodon client which holds a small ephemeral cache that is cleared regularly as new content is read. Content itself is ephemeral and will only be cached to give the user the chance to view their recommendations upon the next login with a certain maximum. Content below a certain threshold is thrown away immediately.
It will have a specific UserAgent in case any instance admins want to limit it, but I don't think there should be a problem since it's a regular client in all ways except for sorting posts not chronologically but by a score that is calculated locally.
A project where we turn the dreaded corporate spam-pushing algorithm concept on its head to create a curated recommendations feed that YOU control, runs 100% on your PC, is private and works with any fediverse instance that supports the Mastodon API.
Tired of missing out on awesome fedi content and discussions that people from around the world are posting while you're asleep? Well, no more
This will of course be fully open source. It also works via the existing API which is already used by clients such as Tusky. This means that:
a) users only get recommendations for content they have permissions to see.
b) it can be used by anyone with an account at any fediverse instance that supports the Mastodon API.
The Boost and Favorite buttons will allow you to boost or favorite content directly from the feed, while other options will allow you to give more or less weight to certain content.
All calculations necessary are done locally on your device and your content recommendation preferences never ever leave said device.
Finally, in regards to data safety, it'll act like a regular Mastodon client which holds a small ephemeral cache that is cleared regularly as new content is read. Content itself is ephemeral and will only be cached to give the user the chance to view their recommendations upon the next login with a certain maximum. Content below a certain threshold is thrown away immediately.
It will have a specific UserAgent in case any instance admins want to limit it, but I don't think there should be a problem since it's a regular client in all ways except for sorting posts not chronologically but by a score that is calculated locally.