I think instead they should suggest some hashtags. I.e. Topics the person is interested in. And the rest could work just as it is now. You would immediately have your home feed populated without doom scrolling topics you don't care about.
But really it's more on the app developers to implement.
I had a Fold 4 and sold it this year. I likely won't buy another one until the major flaws a fixed. I don't want to own a second phone that I can take to the beach or really anywhere that's not a clean room without the hinges creaking for the following days.
Having the extra screen real estate was nice but not worth the money and weight.
Also the prices are still going up even though the technology is maturing and Samsung is just selling clones of the Fold 3 for four years now. It just doesn't add up.
On android, when you click a link that has an association with an app you get the choice to open the app instead of being redirected to the website.
Right now every app developer for the fediverse needs to maintain a list of instances for this.
If you had a protocol instead you would only need to specify the one.
I think instead they should suggest some hashtags. I.e. Topics the person is interested in. And the rest could work just as it is now. You would immediately have your home feed populated without doom scrolling topics you don't care about. But really it's more on the app developers to implement.