Non-skeezy Algorithmic Following on Mastodon

I came across a neat project that has helped me find new folks to follow (think the “Who To Follow” on the bird site, but with a straightforward & open-source algorithm). While you could just hit a Vercel app the creator spun up, you can run it as a local service (i.e., nobody needs to see what you’re doing besides Mastodon instance API servers).

Head on over to GH: https://github.com/gabipurcaru/followgraph

Then:

$ git clone git@github.com:gabipurcaru/followgraph.git
$ cd followgraph
$ # you can do all the npm pkg installs on one line. Substack's code
$ # blocks aren't great so I split it up for clarity
$ npm i next@latest react@latest react-dom@latest 
$ npm i eslint-config-next@latest
$ npm run dev

Now, point your browser to the URL it gives and connect one of your Mastodon accounts.

It surfaced many folks I follow on the bird site and also showed me some other accounts that are def worth following. ☮