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If it's based on what I like and repost, and recommends things that people with similar likes and reposts enjoy, that information is already out there. No extra data collection required. Doesn't need to be mandatory either, just a separate feed.
Fediverse could absolutely do better on just that data, though I do want to note the really effective (or addictive) algorithms for TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, etc. work on a hell of a lot more data than that. Not just what you directly interacted with, but did you even just click on the link? Did you go to the comment section? How long were you in the comment section? What comments did you expand? When you follow a link or look at an image, how long till you go to the next post?
Like I said, there are ways to do better with what we have, but the "ideal" behavior is secretly fueled by a whole lot of extra data collection that gets distributed everywhere.
Oh I know, and I fully agree with getting rid of that. I'm not looking for ideal, I'm just looking for SOMETHING better than "oh you aren't finding interesting content? Subscribe to hashtags that get spammed with BS by thousands of bots per day. Or search some obscure websites for 'trendy' mastodon users to follow. Or y'know what, this instance probably isn't for you, research a bunch of other instances and see if something works better."
The experience right now seems like one, to me, that a very small niche of people would enjoy. And that's fine if they want to stay that way, just wish there was something better. And I think it'll come with time.
Then you should make that!
I can't, given I don't have the time or webdev experience. So I'll comment about features I think would be nice in the currently most popular fediverse twitter clone.
They just implemented search and you have to opt in. There's a value system in place that may change over time (many things do!), but that ain't happening any time soon. It took a huge push to even allow search.