the roamer<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@StephenBHeard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>StephenBHeard</span></a></span> </p><p>This made me think. We are mutual Followers, your posts appear in my timeline, but I did not see them. I follow some 800 accounts, so this is unavoidable. The timeline is always full, and even if one attends to it regularly (as I do), posts come and go before you know it.</p><p>Is that necessarily bad?</p><p>I do try to manage the flow through lists and such, actively looking out for posts in certain areas, but ultimately the flow is the flow.</p><p>I realise that we must cherish this randomness, not regret it.</p><p>I carefully select whom I follow, so I can trust my timeline. I dip into the timeline when I am free, all posts are from trusted friends (or their boosts). I enjoy the posts i see, I engage with them and let things happen.</p><p>Inevitably I will miss posts, possibly important posts. That is not a weakness of the process, it is a sign of the richness of the flow. An abundance of trusted messages.</p><p>We must enjoy and celebrate the randomness. </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MastodonCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/timeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>timeline</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tao</span></a></p>