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How does Lemmy's front page work? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What's the difference between active and hot and how does sorting work in general? I sorted by active and all instances and my page reloads and the entire thing is three month old posts from lemmygrad. How exactly does this whole thing work?

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[–] Steve 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Here's the documentation.

When browsing the frontpage or a community, you can choose between the following sort types for posts:

Active (default): Calculates a rank based on the score and time of the latest comment, with decay over time
Hot: Like active, but uses time when the post was published
New: Shows most recent posts first
Old: Shows oldest posts first
Most Comments: Shows posts with highest number of comments first
New Comments: Bumps posts to the top when they receive a new reply analogous to the sorting of traditional forums
Top Day: Highest scoring posts during the last 24 hours
Top Week: Highest scoring posts during the last 7 days
Top Month: Highest scoring posts during the last 30 days
Top Year: Highest scoring posts during the last 12 months
Top All Time: Highest scoring posts during all time