Lists in the Android app are a small but handy feature.

Mastodon, the decentralized Twitter / X alternative, is adding lists to its Android app, according to a blog post from CEO and founder Eugen Rochko. Lists are available as part of the most recent Mastodon for Android update.

  • morrowind
    62·
    1 year ago

    Lists are kinda useless, because you have to follow everyone you put in a list

    • bogdugg@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      I thought this as well, but I’ve started to think they could be useful if I follow way more aggressively, and create a list that is “what I want on my feed” and default to that. It’s stupidly cumbersome, but would have the desired effect. Of course you’re right that they should just let you add directly to a list - I think the reasoning for the current functionality is to limit stalking/harassment, though I don’t exactly understand how that is inhibited at all.

      • morrowind
        12·
        1 year ago

        You have to give up any global feed though

    • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      1 year ago

      I assume it’s so you can have one for news, and one for nudes, depending on the reason why you opened mastodon. No boner-killing BBC articles in the middle of a fap session.