Best-o-Masto

Created by Comfort Zone’s Matt Birchler, Best-o-Masto is a Mastodon app that takes a different approach to browsing your timeline by automatically surfacing the most engaging posts. Rather than showing everything chronologically, the app analyzes your timeline to find and present the posts that have gotten the most interaction, which should help you catch up on what’s been happening without scrolling through the entire timeline and potentially getting distracted.

The app includes a ‘Top 8’ feature that lets you create a list of your favorite accounts whose posts will get priority treatment. (However, I wish I could search the list of Top 8 users I follow to find accounts more quickly.) While Best-o-Masto supports Mastodon features like composing, liking, and boosting posts, it notably doesn’t include quote posts or replies. The app works with any Mastodon server and can integrate with other popular clients like Ivory and Mona. I’ve been using the app for the past couple of weeks, and it’s a terrific way to see what’s been happening on Mastodon without getting sucked in. Highly recommended.