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submitted 1 year ago by WatTyler to c/programming@beehaw.org

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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[-] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I definitely agree that some things need some more time decay. This place is bumpin' no reason the top 5 posts should be lingering on my front page for a day. According to their documentation, if I remember right, time is like a multiplier that increases the "gravity" to cause it to fall down the page. But if a post from a couple days ago had 1000 upvotes because it was the first thing everyone saw when they got here and everything else has like 50, it doesn't need much of a multiplier to stay at the top. We may have broke it....

I've actually blocked a couple communities because they were the top like 10 posts of my feed for days. New content was buried.

this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2023
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