In my opinion, Mastodon isn’t “algorithm-free.” It uses simple, transparent systems—like chronological feeds, hashtag following, and visible trending tags. No hidden AI, no data harvesting. Discovery feels fairer, shaped by your own choices.

https://o0o0.o0o0.my/kaeseafour/mastodon-and-algorithms-transparent-simple-and-user-controlled

with #Smither you can also sort the posts chronologically
#mastodonapp #mastodon #chronological #timeline #android

The decline of Venice didn’t end with the loss of statehood. Attempts at modernising Venice have failed, and the result is an economic monoculture of mass tourism, and a constant demographic decline.

The 1600s and 1700s were a period of slow decline for Venice, until the Republic of Venice fell to Napoleon in 1797.

The 1400s and 1500s were centuries of enormous change for Venice, and for the rest of the world. The changing geography moved Venice from a central position in European trade to the margins.

Venice became a more important state in the 1000s and 1100s, and started to build not only their trading empire, but also more equal relations to the Byzantine Empire, the Holy Roman Empire and the Pope in Rome.

Venice appeared as a kind of, but not quite, sovereign polity in the late 700s and 800s. Venetian society, no longer governed directly by Constantinople, nor really independent, had to survive between the two super-powers of their time, Byzantium and the Carolingian Empire.

Kay Granger’s Senior Living Revelation Draws Fresh Scrutiny to Aging Congress https://www.diningandcooking.com/1786447/kay-grangers-senior-living-revelation-draws-fresh-scrutiny-to-aging-congress/ #Age #CharlesE #Chronological #Dianne #Elderly #Feinstein #Granger #Grassley #HouseCommitteeOnAppropriations #HouseOfRepresentatives #Kay #Recipes #RecipesTopics #Texas #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment

How Old Is Too Old to Be President? Democrats Still Don’t Want to Say. https://www.diningandcooking.com/1756196/how-old-is-too-old-to-be-president-democrats-still-dont-want-to-say/ #Age #biden #Chronological #DemocraticParty #Elderly #Gavin #Grisham #Hochul #JosephRJr #KathleenC #MichelleLujan #murphy #Newsom #PhilipD(1957) #PresidentialElectionOf2024 #PresidentsAndPresidency(US) #Recipes #RecipesTopics #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment

Peaches Spread Across North America Through Indigenous Networks, Radiocarbon Dating And Document Analysis Show
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https://phys.org/news/2024-11-peaches-north-america-indigenous-networks.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52597-8 <-- shared paper
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https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2024/nov/27/meet-the-peach-that-traveled-the-trail-of-tears/ <-- shared media article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #FirstNation #cultivation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #indigenous #forest #farming #sustenance #foodsecurity #traditional #deliberate #garden #ethnobiology #archaeology #anthropology #biology #forestgarden #transplanting #management #wildplant #biogeography #culture #ethnohistory #peach #peaches #fruit #tree #orchard #introduced #Spanish #indigenised #dates #dating #radiocarbondating #pits #peachpits #chronology #chronological #model #modeling #landmanagement #landuse #practices #socioecology #colonialisation #NorthAmerica #USA

Recently, I had to signin to #facebook to gettimely updates from my local #government and #newsmedia. What a #dumpsterfire. Do they not realize that some #information must remain in #chronological order.

It's high time that governments and news outlets stop relying on #centralized #socialmedia owned by #techbros to dissiminate info to the people. There is no reason why #public organizations cannot stand up their own #fediverse instances.

> Without algorithmic recommendations, people see more disinformation and more false information.

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/07/raging-ignorantly-at-the-internet-fixes-nothing/

I still can't believe you can use #socialnetwork #platform without seeing #ads all the time... My eyes and brain still can't get used to the fact the #timeline can be in #chronological order after these many years - OMG! That's the whole new level of #perception

Do you like getting #chronological updates from your favourite #news sources/ #blogs?
*YAH*
Do you hate #algorithms that prioritize secret revenue agenda of big tech corp? Paywalls?
*UH HUH*
Did you know you can get #RSS Feeds from pretty much anywhere? #Youtube, #Reddit, #Videosift, #Medium, #WordPress, #Substack blogs?
*NOWAI!*
Yeswai - and you can read stuffs from those places w/o shit apps using regular email clients, even boring webbrowsers?
*WHOA!*
Here's how: https://awadwatt.com/tezoatlipoca/rss-feeds-how-to-read-news-and-stuff-without-bullshit

Many here on #Mastodon are asking how people can justify still being on #X.
My personal experience is tolerable because I don’t use #ForYou and #Following, but only #Lists. So my feed is #chronological, not #algorithmic. I don’t see pushed posts by people I don’t follow, nor do I have any advertising. It only gets bad when I do a #search and select “Latest”.

I feel that the #fediverse's lack of an #algorithm is *more* toxic than #Twitter; on #mastodon's #chronological timeline I feel like I'm missing out on important signal in the noise so I have to spend more time combing through it, exploring #hashtags, #following them, #mute words, build #lists, etc. With Twitter there were ads, but also there was all the best stuff since the last time you logged in, sorted by how interesting it would be to YOU! That was awesome; I miss that!

I feel that the #fediverse's lack of an #algorithm is *more* toxic than #Twitter; on #mastodon's #chronological timeline I feel like I'm missing out on important signal in the noise so I have to spend more time combing through it, exploring #hashtags, #following them, #mute words, build #lists, etc. With Twitter there were ads, but also there was all the best stuff since the last time you logged in, sorted by how interesting it would be to YOU! That was awesome; I miss that!

Made a #GitHub #FeatureRequest for #chronological viewing of #replies on #Mastodon.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/26669