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It seems lemmy way to show hot and active kinda broken. I've changed my default to TopDay or Top - SixHours, to get new contents
Thanks for that suggestion, I hadn't even found that sorting option until just now! It does look better already.
That's one of the biggest problems with Lemmy vs reddit. Lemmy still hasn't quite perfected sorting, and it hurts Lemmy quite a bit.
The sorting is way, way, way too fixed and inflexible. You can sort by active which ends up being the same few communities. Hot is too much like it’s kinda new. Top Day is usually what I use since I want to see the most popular posts first each day, but then more niche content is just hidden. There is no best sorting order, because the best sorting order would be a combination of multiple sorting orders. This is one thing reddit really excels at with their sorting orders, they seem to have like a “combined” approach, like an intelligently-designed system of sorting algorithms to show people good, active content while not hiding important things.
On a community/platform like Lemmy where it’s less popular and less active, having proper sorting is even more important.
This is entirely fixable, and something Lemmy definitely can improve. The question is, will they improve it? I certainly hope so.