Mastodon, the decentralized Twitter / X alternative, is adding lists to its Android app, according to a blog post from CEO and founder Eugen Rochko. Lists are available as part of the most recent Mastodon for Android update.

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    Same. And I really gave it a chance, but it’s just not better unless you’re using it as a small chronological feed of people on your local instance. Which I know some people enjoy. I know interesting people and posts are on there, I know there are hilarious people on there, because I follow some of them. But the vast majority of them I discovered by random chance, it took a long time, and I’m still too bored by the app to bother opening it. Not to mention, if some important news is trending, I don’t see it right away. Which is something I’d always valued twitter for. I could pretty much be “in the know” within seconds of opening the app.

    The people are there, the content is there, there’s 100% a discoverability problem

    • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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      The trending content was at least interesting on Twitter too. With Mastodon, there’s only one specific one that is almost entirely dominated with the exact same political opinions. I’m so tired of the same politics being entirely my feed.

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        Lol exactly. It’s often like the same exact 4 accounts on that trending page too. And it’s always these topics:

        • Trump
        • Musk
        • Current war
        • LGBT
        • Linux

        It’s just politics and Linux. Which is fine if you like that, I like Linux, but not this much. Being completely overwhelmed by political takes was part of why I left Twitter, with the blue checks being boosted. I’m so tired of seeing that same dude in a suit with a white beard bitching about [insert today’s controversial political topic] every time I open it. It’s like he has residency on the page.