Seems like a good idea, although a simple, configurable algorithm would also be nice.
You select one or several topics, and it shows you popular posts in that category.
I wish there was something like this for tags. So: display only posts that contain tag X, but sort them with some algorithm. Ideally: steered by number of likes and date of adding. May be even the same that is used by Lemmy.
That’s what I want, it could be implemented like bluesky feeds, where you choose the tags and words you want included, and then choose what kind of ordering you want!
i would use it - I suck at finding stuff on mastodon
Following Trendy Toots bot made my mastodon experience much better: https://mastodon.social/@trendytoots
It just retoots popular posts, similar to hot thread but chronological.
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