Patricia Lee on Farcaster

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@patriciaxlee.eth

Sharing an amusing experience I had recently, in case it helps with UX improvement. I plan to delete this cast once the issue (raised by others too) gets acknowledged in some way. I often see “User A” in my Home feed. I don’t follow them. Content isn’t spammy or offensive - just not my preference. I figured not interacting would signal disinterest to the algorithm, but "User A" shows up a lot. The other day, their cast was the first one in my Home feed. I finally decided to tap “Show fewer like this” and refreshed the feed. A different cast from this user showed up as the first one in my Home feed, again. I tapped "Shower fewer like this" again. Refreshed again. Yet another cast from the same user was the first in my Home feed (third time in a row!). This time I gave up, accepted the algorithm's sense of humor, and decided to keep scrolling. But this third cast was a very short video. The audio glitched and kept playing even as I scrolled. I switched to the Following tab, Trending tab, navigated to channels. The audio kept playing on a loop (agh). So I ended up force-quitting the app. I still see casts from this user. I'm aware the other tool available is mute, but haven't used it yet. Muting feels too blunt. I don’t want to avoid DCs from this individual. I just want my Home feed to closer resemble my preferences. Two things would be very appreciated: 1) Clarification on how the current controls work (most immediate need) 2) A middle ground between "mute" and "show more of this" (not urgent for my experience but a nice to have) This is not a judgment on any content here. I know my content is not everyone's cup of tea. I really wouldn’t want anyone stuck seeing it at the top of their feed after expressing repeatedly they don't want it. I appreciate anyone reading this. Long live Farcaster. Other casts noting similar issue: - https://farcaster.xyz/horsefax.eth/0xa9b5250d - https://farcaster.xyz/0x-omen.eth/0xbd80c0dd - https://farcaster.xyz/kylepatrick.eth/0x52555611 - https://farcaster.xyz/pichi/0x10a073f1

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@patriciaxlee.eth

And if you are seeing my cast against your will, my apologies.

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ted (not lasso)

thanks for reporting this. please don't delete (yet!). i think our current "show fewer like this" takes 3 taps, and seems like that's far too many if you're expecting it to change after once and think it's broken if you have to do it twice. appreciate you articulating this so well!

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I may be wrong but I don't think mute would prevent them from reaching out over DC. That's what block is for. So, you can mute away and guilt-free

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I didn't even know the see less like this button. Mute is blunt but I've decided if they aren't going to make the algorithm what I want then ill have to do it myself. Mute for some and notifications for others

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Haha so weird. In my case I use the following tab by default, it solves most of this algorithmic nonsense.

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meta-david 💥| Building Scoop3

I wonder if this is the same person @kaloh brought up earlier because I’ve been experiencing receiving content from this person even though I’ve hit “show fewer like this” every time. Either that function is phantom or this person is impervious to it. I guess I can mute, but idk, it seems like too aggressive of an action. Nothing against the person at all…just have no interest in their stuff

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Wonder if block works? Unless you're worried about missing other casts from user A

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It’s been happening to me on a recurring basis. I’ve already tried to mutate but I can’t, it always appears. I’ve tried other ways that some friends helped me but it didn’t work.

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I have the same experience... "Shower fewer like this" doesn't seem to work at all.

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@ifeoluwafavour

I experienced the same issue. I had to camp out in the following section of my home feed.

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has been happening to me a lot. i was told it’s because my friends are liking their content. so my assumption is that when it comes to algos: [your friend] liked this > show less of this

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I think this issue was brought to Dan's attention last week and he said we will see some improvement with time.

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I’ve given up. Mute is the way.

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Same but I gave up and used the mute option. My feeling is Farcaster is still such a small place they don't have enough content to show you alternate options... I don't worry about becoming promoted content myself, I figure it will never happen 😆

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@kylepatrick.eth

You perfectly summed up my experience!

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This is happening cause if the new algo boosting new users and video content its getting so annoying and sometimes i like the content but i genuinely dont want to see it all the time and would love a diversified feed!! And the show few like this is absolutely useless😭

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This is the perfect explanation of the issue. I don’t want to mute you, I just don’t want to see your feed, just when my home feed was getting organised, it just had to be scattered by this algorithm boost😪

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any ideas @dwr.eth @v

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