We plan to disable the "live feeds" of the local and federated timelines on mastodon.social within in the next couple of weeks.
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We plan to disable the "live feeds" of the local and federated timelines on mastodon.social within in the next couple of weeks. They are already disabled on mastodon.online. While these feeds can be useful on smaller, topical or regional servers, they have limited use on larger servers like ours.
The live feeds present all content on the server immediately and essentially pre-moderation, which presents a particularly poor experience to new users finding the fediverse for the first time.
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We plan to disable the "live feeds" of the local and federated timelines on mastodon.social within in the next couple of weeks. They are already disabled on mastodon.online. While these feeds can be useful on smaller, topical or regional servers, they have limited use on larger servers like ours.
The live feeds present all content on the server immediately and essentially pre-moderation, which presents a particularly poor experience to new users finding the fediverse for the first time.
Recommended follows, trending, and searching for hashtags all provide a far better discovery experience for newcomers, and we intend to improve discovery features more in 2026.
Note that we do have the ability to restore live feed access to individual users, and will consider this on a case-by-case basis. We will proactively reach out to trusted flaggers to offer this in advance.
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We plan to disable the "live feeds" of the local and federated timelines on mastodon.social within in the next couple of weeks. They are already disabled on mastodon.online. While these feeds can be useful on smaller, topical or regional servers, they have limited use on larger servers like ours.
The live feeds present all content on the server immediately and essentially pre-moderation, which presents a particularly poor experience to new users finding the fediverse for the first time.
@staff
So, how can then new people discover who they should follow ?
That seems quite an anti-feature and disabling it will do way more damage than good.
Just try to answer the questions:
1. If I am new here, how do I know who posts things that I may be interested in ?
2. If I am new here, how do I find out what hashtags I have to follow ?
3. If I am new here how do I see what people are talking about ?
So, no. That is a really really bad idea !!! -
@staff
So, how can then new people discover who they should follow ?
That seems quite an anti-feature and disabling it will do way more damage than good.
Just try to answer the questions:
1. If I am new here, how do I know who posts things that I may be interested in ?
2. If I am new here, how do I find out what hashtags I have to follow ?
3. If I am new here how do I see what people are talking about ?
So, no. That is a really really bad idea !!!@staff 4. What about a chance to discover things that I do not even know that I may be interested about ?
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@yannikbloscheck @staff I agree, but maybe something like 'get random 50 posts' could replace 'live feed' feature
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@armcandycubby No idea what the feeds are, or what's happening to them?
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We plan to disable the "live feeds" of the local and federated timelines on mastodon.social within in the next couple of weeks. They are already disabled on mastodon.online. While these feeds can be useful on smaller, topical or regional servers, they have limited use on larger servers like ours.
The live feeds present all content on the server immediately and essentially pre-moderation, which presents a particularly poor experience to new users finding the fediverse for the first time.
@staff this is a good decision.
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Recommended follows, trending, and searching for hashtags all provide a far better discovery experience for newcomers, and we intend to improve discovery features more in 2026.
Note that we do have the ability to restore live feed access to individual users, and will consider this on a case-by-case basis. We will proactively reach out to trusted flaggers to offer this in advance.
@staff So I can request to have these feeds restored on my account? Is that correct? I enjoy the live feeds, I like to see what's going on out there, outside of my personal curated feed.
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@staff So I can request to have these feeds restored on my account? Is that correct? I enjoy the live feeds, I like to see what's going on out there, outside of my personal curated feed.
@7sleepersmusic @staff Yo también quiero seguir viendo la línea local y federada. Quizás haya mejores métodos para descubrir nuevas cuentas, pero no veo ningún motivo para reducir las posibilidades. Cuanto más opciones mejor.
Ese cambio no debería ser obligado, si no una opción en la configuración, y que cada cual pueda elegir. No hay motivo para imponerlo. Esto no es twiter, donde los jefes imponen a la fuerza los cambios, creando polémica gratuitamente, en vez de dejar que la gente elija
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@staff So I can request to have these feeds restored on my account? Is that correct? I enjoy the live feeds, I like to see what's going on out there, outside of my personal curated feed.
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@staff So I can request to have these feeds restored on my account? Is that correct? I enjoy the live feeds, I like to see what's going on out there, outside of my personal curated feed.
@7sleepersmusic
Same, I hang out there and welcome newbies. That said, it's become a bit of a hellhole recently, but the solution there is not destroying discoverability but not expanding a single server to a size where moderation is so difficult it's probably nearly impossible?
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We plan to disable the "live feeds" of the local and federated timelines on mastodon.social within in the next couple of weeks. They are already disabled on mastodon.online. While these feeds can be useful on smaller, topical or regional servers, they have limited use on larger servers like ours.
The live feeds present all content on the server immediately and essentially pre-moderation, which presents a particularly poor experience to new users finding the fediverse for the first time.
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We plan to disable the "live feeds" of the local and federated timelines on mastodon.social within in the next couple of weeks. They are already disabled on mastodon.online. While these feeds can be useful on smaller, topical or regional servers, they have limited use on larger servers like ours.
The live feeds present all content on the server immediately and essentially pre-moderation, which presents a particularly poor experience to new users finding the fediverse for the first time.
@staff Limiting access or options to access information is not a good way to proceed. It takes away from the 'open' nature of the fediverse and the web in general.
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@staff So I can request to have these feeds restored on my account? Is that correct? I enjoy the live feeds, I like to see what's going on out there, outside of my personal curated feed.
@7sleepersmusic Same!!!!!
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We plan to disable the "live feeds" of the local and federated timelines on mastodon.social within in the next couple of weeks. They are already disabled on mastodon.online. While these feeds can be useful on smaller, topical or regional servers, they have limited use on larger servers like ours.
The live feeds present all content on the server immediately and essentially pre-moderation, which presents a particularly poor experience to new users finding the fediverse for the first time.
@staff The live feed was my favorite thing about mastodon. I don't want my feed curated for me and I like seeing whatever random stuff comes through.
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@staff The live feed was my favorite thing about mastodon. I don't want my feed curated for me and I like seeing whatever random stuff comes through.
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We plan to disable the "live feeds" of the local and federated timelines on mastodon.social within in the next couple of weeks. They are already disabled on mastodon.online. While these feeds can be useful on smaller, topical or regional servers, they have limited use on larger servers like ours.
The live feeds present all content on the server immediately and essentially pre-moderation, which presents a particularly poor experience to new users finding the fediverse for the first time.
@staff i agree vith your choise, staff should do staff things.
What's the alternatives? Which instances still have live feeds enabled and are big enough to have a lot of live feed?
Please provide alternative: it will help you too! Some ppl will move out, and that's will make your staff job easier 🫡 -
We plan to disable the "live feeds" of the local and federated timelines on mastodon.social within in the next couple of weeks. They are already disabled on mastodon.online. While these feeds can be useful on smaller, topical or regional servers, they have limited use on larger servers like ours.
The live feeds present all content on the server immediately and essentially pre-moderation, which presents a particularly poor experience to new users finding the fediverse for the first time.
@staff
I miss my federated and live feeds and would like them restored, please. -
We plan to disable the "live feeds" of the local and federated timelines on mastodon.social within in the next couple of weeks. They are already disabled on mastodon.online. While these feeds can be useful on smaller, topical or regional servers, they have limited use on larger servers like ours.
The live feeds present all content on the server immediately and essentially pre-moderation, which presents a particularly poor experience to new users finding the fediverse for the first time.
@staff es una lastima que de manera unilateral se haya tomado ésa decisión. Yo prefiero leer el TL y no seguir # ni usuarios. Espero reviertan esa decisión.
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@staff So I can request to have these feeds restored on my account? Is that correct? I enjoy the live feeds, I like to see what's going on out there, outside of my personal curated feed.
@7sleepersmusic @staff Same
I was surprised.I was enjoying the live feed too.
I was looking at the federate timeline and local timeline, and favorited and boosted.
I personally muted the unnecessary commercial accounts and enjoyed the experience comfortably.
Trend is like a Meta social media platform where only the popular become even more popular.
