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I havent really kept tabs on how the "everything" feed works. Does it show posts from small communities here and there? Or is it the most upvoted stuff over the instance?
Some engagement algorithms to showcase popular posts from smaller communities seems like a good way to get people to branch from politics abd linux a little bit.
Edit: scaled view is really what im describing and already exists
If you want to see posts from small communities (balanced with the larger ones) then select "Scaled" instead of "Hot" or "Active".
If you're sick of politics and tech then subscribe to communities you like and sort by "Subscribed" instead of "Local" or "All". Look here for relevant communities:
click here for a list of non-news/politics, non-tech, and non-meme communities.
These are currently active (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked)
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Most of these are currently active. (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked). Sometimes politics sneaks in but that's not the focus.
So I sort either by hot or active, and view either home or all.
Home + hot is the least noisy and I use it for my feed good time, although lots of politics still comes through.
All + active shows you the most controversial stuff, pretty much your regular political dramas.
All + hot leads to random posts from communities that are obscure, can be very fun sometimes.
Honestly, imo the biggest problem is the state of the world, not the technology