"Mastodon is introducing "Packs" to help you quickly find accounts to follow and fill up your feed. The decentralized social network announced the feature as part of the FediForum event on Tuesday. It will work similarly to Starter Packs on Bluesky, which offer curated lists of accounts you can follow based on categories, like verified users, podcasters, and journalists."
"But implementing its own take on Starter Packs will take some time. Mastodon plans to launch an initial version of the feature inside the onboarding process in Mastodon 4.6 (it's currently on 4.4). "We believe that these kinds of user-generated, curated collections could help people to find their tribe more quickly when they join the Fediverse," Mastodon product designer Imani Joy says in the blog post. "At the same time, envisioning a similar feature that prioritises user consent, and works across a constellation of independent servers, is no small feat.""
Mastodon will introduce Packs, curated collections of accounts designed to help users quickly find people to follow and populate feeds. Packs will function similarly to Bluesky Starter Packs and can be organized by categories such as verified users, podcasters, and journalists. Users can opt out of being included in Packs, will receive notifications when added, and can remove themselves without reporting or blocking. Mastodon plans an initial rollout inside the onboarding flow in Mastodon 4.6 and aims to make Packs available to other ActivityPub-based applications while emphasizing user consent across independent servers.
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