Request: Optional media-only feeds and timelines #6603
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Possible extension of #606 perhaps? |
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You can get only_media from the account statuses API Home feed is more complicated and therefore does not have an only_media option. For pagination to work reliably, you would need to keep two home feeds, one with media, one without, rather than having any ability to query the main one differently. OTOH this is not impossible, we already keep "home feeds" for a user's lists |
Per [a discussion elsewhere], the `only_media` query param does not work on the home timeline API. [a discussion elsewhere]: mastodon/mastodon#6603 (comment)
Per [a discussion elsewhere], the `only_media` query param does not work on the home timeline API. [a discussion elsewhere]: mastodon/mastodon#6603 (comment)
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Another addition: #6631 |
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Is it still impossible to do this for the home timeline? I'd really like to be able to view e.g. all active polls from people I follow (slight overlap with #10436) |
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Today, Mastodon profiles have a "media" tab, which shows only toots containing media uploads.
I think that's neat, and would like to see other tools for media-only use cases! Specifically:
Media-only atom/RSS/JSON feeds for each user, so people can follow just my photos in their feed reader. This is basically just the media profile but machine-readable.
An alternate media-only timeline (that acts kind of like a list?), where I can see everyone I follow, but only the toots or boosts that have media uploads.
You could easily roll your own with the media-only feeds, but I think there's value to having a built-in stream, esp. to make locked accounts easier to work with.
Why?
Instagram showed me that a photos-only stream results in a very different social space, with more emphasis on what your friends are seeing, doing, and experiencing, and less emphasis on what they're thinking, reading, or debating. I think it's cool to be able to switch into that kind of space when you need it. Our levels of intellectual energy fluctuate, and we can't always handle the full force of the general discourse, you know?
It's wonderful to be able to log in and say "I'm out of juice today, and I just want to see your cats, crows, and weird alleyways." I think supporting that would improve Mastodon.
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