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Thoughts on Lemmy sorting options? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 2 years ago by WatTyler@lemmy.sdf.org to c/programming@beehaw.org

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Hello all,

Wanted to open a discussion on Lemmy's post sorting options right now. I don't have any experience with implementing this type of thing but right now the algorithm appears... Off? For example, 'Active' gives me a lot of posts over a day old but 'Hot' may as well be 'New' i.e. more recent posts with little engagement.

I don't know if it's due to Lemmy still picking up steam or a fundamental flaw with the algorithm. Like I said, I'm really curious to hear the opinions of those more knowledgeable.

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sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] Variden3301@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

And it automatically shows posts added to the top makes using it a little bit janky

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reddit's top hourly was one of my favorite ways to browse. They need to implement that here. Just show me the top posts from the last hour.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can do Top Day with Lemmy now. Maybe not enough content yet for hourly.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

There's always enough content for top hourly. Top hourly is not enough

[–] tom@lmmy.tvdl.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Running a personal selfhosted instance. Subscribed to a lot of communities, however Hot still shows me posts from a year ago? It’s weird to say the least. Personally I am switching Active, Hot, and Top Day to keep up with things

[–] FreddyNO@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Personally I usually sort by "hot", works good for /all, but mixed results on subscribed

[–] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So far hot has worked pretty well for me. Haven't really ran into the issues you mentioned with posts not having that many interactions near the top of hot, unless it's from a smaller community. My main problem I've had is when opening Lemmy after a bit or refreshing I'll get the same posts over again even if they're marked as read which is annoying and usually means I end up sorting by new. Would be nice if there was an option to hide already read posts. (Or if there already is one I'd be very interested in knowing where it is, also I use Jerboa mainly on Android so not sure if that changes anything either.)

[–] spaduf@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Definitely an option on jerboa I think it's towards the bottom of settings.

[–] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Just found it! Wasn't in the settings menu I was expecting, was under the options for my account, but I found it. Thanks for letting me know about it!

[–] Master@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Something feels wrong but I normally just browsed "best" on reddit and that was a curated list of top subs. So it's weird to me to sort Lemmy by "Hot" and get a ton of posts from random communities with no upvotes or replies. Which they are obviously not HOT as no one has engaged with them except the OP.

I feel like something is "off" with the way it is curating things.

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