@Friendica Support hello, i would like some help please to understand how to solve my confusion about the "right" way to follow #hashtags, using #Channels ... or otherwise some better way.
i follow a large number of hashtags [as a glance at my profile would attest]. afaict / afaik, fediverse posts bearing these tags appear [or are supposed to] in my "Network" timeline [with "Everybody" Circle & "Latest posts" Channel selected].
of my many tags, possibly my most "important" ones are #AusPol, #FOSS, & #Linux. in order to be able to efficiently locate all posts with these tags each day, rather than have to meticulously scroll down the full "Network" timeline [which is dissipated via also having all the other tags, & all my Followed accounts' posts], in Settings i created three dedicated Channels [one for each of those tags, ofc]. then i added each of those custom Channels to my Timelines, in Display Settings.
however, the result is just hopeless; really disappointing & frustrating. over recent years i have had several Friendica accounts, ie, at several instances, & doing the above has never worked properly in any of them, not only my current instance.
using the AusPol Channel for example, as it is the worst by far, every time i check it, its most recent post is several hours old, & often as bad as 12 - 18 hours old, with numerous other posts entirely missing.
i say "missing" because otoh, reviewing my Saved Search for #AusPol shows all these other posts, which therefore also appear, buried, in my full "Network" timeline.
over the months & years in exasperation, i have revisited the dedicated Channels in Settings, & for the Circle/Channel field have tried each of Latest posts, Latest Creation, Global community, & Latest activity, but none of them has solved the problem [indeed, a few make it even worse!].
please, what am i doing wrong? what aspect of Friendica's Settings have i been consistently misunderstanding / misusing, that causes this disappointment?
Michael 🇺🇦
•Droppie [opensoc]
•Michael 🇺🇦
•What fields in the channel definition have you entered?
Also: The channels only look at starting posts, not comments. So your result will vary between following hashtags and creating a channel with tags.
Droppie [opensoc]
•Michael 🇺🇦
•Droppie [opensoc]
•@Michael 🇺🇦
OMZ! clearly i had no idea... i thought by ticking those boxes i was merely including all such posts along with text posts, not as you said actively excluding all text-only posts... that's a calamitous misunderstanding! that part of the Settings now desperately needs explanatory text there to guide users like me who had no way of knowing what you just explained.
thank you! i shall now change that in all three of my custom channels [& ditto untick the three boxes in each].
so now i shall be very keen to see if, tomorrow morning, the behaviour has become much better 🤞 🤞 🤞
ps:
... show more@Michael 🇺🇦
OMZ! clearly i had no idea... i thought by ticking those boxes i was merely including all such posts along with text posts, not as you said actively excluding all text-only posts... that's a calamitous misunderstanding! that part of the Settings now desperately needs explanatory text there to guide users like me who had no way of knowing what you just explained.
thank you! i shall now change that in all three of my custom channels [& ditto untick the three boxes in each].
so now i shall be very keen to see if, tomorrow morning, the behaviour has become much better 🤞 🤞 🤞
ps:
well ok, but i repeat part of my OP... atm, & historically, HEAPS of my followed-tag posts that are in my timeline [albeit "lost" amongst all the hundreds of other posts], simply never would also appear in my applicable custom channel for that tag. that said, now that you've also told me about those three ticked boxes, maybe that was causing what i just mentioned...?
Michael 🇺🇦
•Droppie [opensoc]
•Thomas
•I suspect that he is concerned about the fact that the posts in the channels arrive delayed. I’ve been observing the same thing since I’ve been using these channels.
Droppie [opensoc]
•Norm
•Content warning: follow #hashtags, using #Channels; or a better way?
Droppie [opensoc]
•Content warning: follow #hashtags, using #Channels; or a better way?
Michael 🇺🇦
•Content warning: follow #hashtags, using #Channels; or a better way?