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What are your thoughts on lemmy's sorting options? (Active and Hot) (self.asklemmy)
submitted 2 years ago by Reddugee to c/[email protected]
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I think the options themselves are perfect, active as a front page and hot for more frequent browsing, but the algorithms are unbalanced after the massive increase in user base.

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[โ€“] Zarxrax 9 points 2 years ago

I don't really understand the point of "active". Seems like the same handful of threads just stay on top for like 2 days at a time.

I prefer "hot" for browsing All, then I'll use "new" for my subscriptions to see if there are any cool posts I might have missed.

[โ€“] ibk 6 points 2 years ago

I miss "best", that one used to be my default.

[โ€“] blueRose 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yeah I like them very much! Active has a more of "check once per day" feel, while hot is more for more frequent browsing.

Why would you say the algorithms are unbalanced?

[โ€“] Reddugee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To be fair I think it's only balanced when you scroll down for a few minutes.

In active, I noticed I start seeing ~2 day old posts I recognize from earlier mixed in with some posts I would've expected to see in hot a few hours ago, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but seems sort of out of place and maybe unintended.

And in hot it's a bit worse in my opinion when pretty soon I start feeling like sorting by new with some few hours old posts with relatively high traffic here and there.

Obviously this is all my personal opinion and might even out in a few days with a more active user base.

[โ€“] blueRose 2 points 2 years ago

Completely agree.

Maybe the parameters were tailored for a smaller userbase?

[โ€“] ghariksforge 2 points 2 years ago

I think they are broken on 0.17. I'm eagerly breaking for 0.18.