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Why do i see mostly posts from a single community? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by Barbacamanitu to c/[email protected]

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I've subscribed to a handful of communities, but my feed is almost exclusively from this asklemmy. How can I see more from other communities?

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I've found that Active, which is the default, is pretty useless as it tends to be a self-fulfilling prophecy sort of thing. Everyone sees the most active stuff and they become more active, keeping them at the top.

Hot works better for a balance between New and Active.

I recommend changing your default sort in your settings to anything but Active. While you are there, might want to change the default grouping from All to Subscribed.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Top -> Six Hours

Best sort

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Oddly enough, Active has been the best for me. When I sort by Hot, I get almost entirely 2+ year old posts. Guess it all depends what communities you've joined

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I think “Hot” sorting was/is bugged on some instances. I think it was fixed in a lemmy update. I believe there was a Github issue tracking it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I feel like Hot might be bugged right now

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hot is good but it works more like "rising" on reddit did. I sort of go between hot and top 6/12 hour for a combo of rising things and things that have a lot of interaction but aren't stale.

[–] Cris_Color 2 points 1 year ago

Agreed, hot seems to be better for me too