@jon@social.lot23.com

Take a gander at this thread and discussion on the Twitter UX experience and comments about Mastodon. Whether you agree with the OP's points doesn't matter. The issue of the UX is essential for Mastodon.

How will Mastodon deal with a magnitude increase in people? The local timeline on Qoto is a reasonable read right now. I can get to my previous location in an acceptable time. I then find around a dozen new posts to catch up to the top.

A magnitude increase means I'll never catch up with the local timeline. I can't keep up with the federated timeline today. Will my personal timeline be manageable?

The question isn't whether an algorithm is needed but when and what it will do.

It is a challenging problem because everyone wants something different.