I must be doing something wrong. I only see like the same 5 communities, and occasionally several copies of the same post. It’s harshing my mellow because i know there’s more content out there, i just can’t see it for some reason
Yeah i’m still trying to settle on a default filter. I also have all popular meme communities blocked so maybe this is why, as the bulk of the content is well, memes.
If Lemmy’s had a million posts, i’m struggling to see em? My instance is pretty open and has had no defedding dramas AFAIK? (is there a way to see this?)
For blocked instances, open yours in a browser, scroll down to the bottom and click “instances”. The list will appear on this page.
Is there a community for users with strange names?
Is there a community exclusively for users with strange names? And if so, how is qualifying strangeness determined?
Are you sorting by All, Local, or Subscribed?
I sort by all.
It’s probably only all communities people from your instance (lemm.ee) are subscribed to.
Whereas someone from lemmy.world will see a different “all” (everything on lemmy.world + what lemmy.world members are subscribed to
You would never see a half an hour old post on reddit hot sort. Look on local or subscribed, and if you want variety sort by new on all
Hmm, so far I think I still liked Reddit’s algorithm better. Somehow it always managed to combine top posts from huge communities (news, videos, etc) with small niche interest communities on the same timeline. Hot on Lemmy feels almost like a random selection of posts to me. What people post here is good, but the way it’s selected and sorted doesn’t feel quite as meaningful to me.
I think size of the community should be factored into the ranking, at least a little bit.
Same. I used reddit mostly for smaller communities and the hot algorithm doesn’t seem to pick them up here. They’re pretty inactive but they do have daily posts. If I don’t go directly to that community though, I won’t see them. I’m sure these things will be refined over-time.
I agree with this. Reddits best sort or even hot somehow seemed or felt better with what was shown to you.
Although Lemmy ain’t bad and I’m sure it’ll better in time (even if it stays the same still beats reddits bs now)
I really like the top post per 6/12 hours, that way you can really keep up with popular posts.
This is the way. I never realized how much better Reddit would have been if it had a Top 6 Hour choice until I got one with Lemmy.
Agreed. Sorting by top 6 1/2 hours works very well for me.
This is what I have found to work best for me so far. Still learning though!
That’s crazy to me. I think the sorting algorithm here is pretty awful no matter what setting I have it in. Linuxmemes, lemmyshitpost, and 196 are always on top mixed in with yesterday’s news
Are you sorting by active instead of hot? I never see old things past several hours unless it’s ultra upvoted
I just sorted by hot and got posts I looked at yesterday
