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Thoughts on Lemmy sorting options? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 2 years ago by WatTyler@lemmy.sdf.org to c/programming@beehaw.org

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Hello all,

Wanted to open a discussion on Lemmy's post sorting options right now. I don't have any experience with implementing this type of thing but right now the algorithm appears... Off? For example, 'Active' gives me a lot of posts over a day old but 'Hot' may as well be 'New' i.e. more recent posts with little engagement.

I don't know if it's due to Lemmy still picking up steam or a fundamental flaw with the algorithm. Like I said, I'm really curious to hear the opinions of those more knowledgeable.

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[-] matthieu_xyz@piaille.fr 3 points 2 years ago

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@WatTyler
There is a demo of an algorithmic timeline thingy for mastodon at https://fedifeed.herokuapp.com/ and I really really like how it has a bunch of sliders for fine-tuning. The time penalty in particular is very important.

Would be absolutely awesome to have the same on lemmy.

Edit: Lemmy doesn’t show my picture...

https://static.piaille.fr/media_attachments/files/110/542/349/085/964/483/original/23daedec7cd17277.png

[-] Master@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Something feels wrong but I normally just browsed "best" on reddit and that was a curated list of top subs. So it's weird to me to sort Lemmy by "Hot" and get a ton of posts from random communities with no upvotes or replies. Which they are obviously not HOT as no one has engaged with them except the OP.

I feel like something is "off" with the way it is curating things.

[-] EthicalAI@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

They need mark as read too. I keep seeing the same stuff.

[-] Schteee@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

If it helps, there's a "Show Read Posts" toggle in your account settings- I believe "Read" is based on having ⬆️ / ⬇️ed the post.

[-] EthicalAI@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Nice! Thanks

[-] FreddyNO@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Personally I usually sort by "hot", works good for /all, but mixed results on subscribed

[-] Comrat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

A lot of the discussion around sorting specifics makes me wonder if a plugin-like system for user created sorting algorithms would be useful.

It could allow you to curate your own feed in a way, based on age, activity, filters, basically any post metadata. The algorithms could be shared or maybe even federated through lemmy itself. I have a suspicion this would be closer to "neat" than "worth it" though. This is really just a brain dump of a random idea.

[-] S_H_K@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah it would be the best thing. Hopefully the new blood brings someone knowledgeable that can implement good ideas. IDK as a refugee I feel like the fediverse has so much potential.