My big issue with starter packs was that I'd follow them, and they'd have some random content creator in it that was tangentially related to the starter pack. Great, that's fine. I don't need the same 12 people giving me news and updates, etc.

The problem was that they would inevitably be on my feed, constantly talking about other stuff I am not interested in, and hardly ever discussing the starter pack subject. Which again, is fine. But I don't want that, I wanted the starter pack subject matter, and get unrelated content. So I just unfollowed all the starter packs.

[–] Brewchin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I followed a science starter pack, thinking it'd be, well, wall-to-wall science with a bit of random everyday stuff mixed in. Right?

Nope. Turns out, thanks to American current affairs, almost all of its members post political content almost all of the time. Close to the last thing I want to see on social media. (I don't blame them, as they're being hit hard by it all.)

To make it worse, most Bluesky users don't "do" hashtags or content warnings (unless it's promoting something - remember to like and subscribe!), so it's incredibly difficult to filter out the clickbait and rage-sharing. 😟

[–] ozoned@piefed.social 40 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It's not just Mastodon. MANY open projects are working on theirs as well. Bonfire (as well as others) are working on Circles. Surf has curated feeds. :) It's built into the Fediverse. ;)

[–] Picasso@thelemmy.club 16 points 8 hours ago

I was hoping for this to come to mastodon :) and a new user will enjoy it as well!

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

Neat! I either followed accounts from elsewhere, or they randomly found me and I found them back, or or I started using tags and people comment on my things and we follow each other sometimes.

The packs are probably much easier!

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 hours ago

Amazing!