Viewing lemmy posts by all tends to be dominated by a few communities (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by dryguy@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I've noticed that there are a few communities that tend to dominate when viewing all. Some days it gets to where looking at all isn't very different than just looking at Memes@lemmy.ml or 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone.

Before someone says "you can just block communities you don't want to see," it's not that I never want to see them, it's that I want to be able to have a view that shows me what is new and popular in a wide variety of communities. I appreciate seeing a few good memes in my feed. The problem is when that's all I see. Changing the sort from active to hot or top x days doesn't have much effect on which communities dominate, so that isn't the solution either.

"You can just subscribe to communities you like". True, but that has the effect of narrowing what I see. I'd like a view that showed me new things I never thought to subscribe to.

Lemmy devs - if you are reading this - it would be nice to have a feed that limited the number of posts showing up from any particular community. It could be a simple cutoff of 2 or 3 posts, or maybe some sort of weighting function to cause additional posts from the same community to appear lower in the sort order for that feed.

I'd love to hear what devs and other users think about this.

Edit: To everyone saying "just sort be new" - yes, that has its uses, but it only solves part of the problem. I'd like a feed that shows me what is new and popular, but from more than just one or two communities.

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[-] GodOfThunder@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

This has already been mentioned a few times. Just find the relevant issue on GitHub and give it an upvote.

[-] anolemmi@lemmi.social 3 points 1 year ago

I read something the other day that they’re working on a new sorting algorithm that would limit it to the top few posts from each community within a given time frame. Specifically to address this issue.

No idea on timeframe or further details, or if I even summarized it correctly lol.

[-] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I really hope they consider doing a multi subscription sort as well. I miss being able to go to just the news or just funny, etc.

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, they are working on a so called "best" sorting: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3378

And yes, they are working on "multi": https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/818

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

I don't know about anyone else's experience, but I've noticed that any time I click into a post view and then back out, I'm taken to the first page of posts, no matter if I was 2 or 3 pages on. If the redirect respected where it came from instead of going to home, that could reduce the impact of post-order sorting. Also if the list pager had more options than 'prev' and 'next' (maybe a few numbered pages between or beyond) I could get beyond that 3rd page without getting there feeling like an illustration of the schlemiel the painter's problem

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

I found a workaround to that problem, just do a page refresh after going back from a post to the list of posts.

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

The first page problem happens to me, too.

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'm right there with you - I'm making an app called flemmy, and I have 12 more tasks on my list before I'm putting it on the play store - should be this weekend at the latest. Iphone build shouldn't be that far behind. I can also make a desktop build if anyone wants it, but right now have no intentions to host a site myself - I strongly feel the data the app collects shouldn't leave your device

Version 1 is about creating something close to the Reddit apps I used to use, and it's there - just needs a little more polish (and to let you post... I'm more of a commenter, so I forgot that was a thing for an embarrassingly long time)

I can support all sorts of filters, from keywords to hiding specific posts to "snoozing" communities. I can also save your place when you change sort methods or accounts - it's what I always wanted for Reddit.

Also, I have support for redirecting links - Twitter to nitter, YouTube to pipe, etc.

Version 2 is going to focus on your feed. Already I connect to multiple servers (it's a real headache, but the foundation is there), so next is stitching feeds together and custom feed algorithms. What you mention is at the top of my list - a way to tweak the feed based on all sorts of filters.

Ideally, I want it to adapt to you - using upvotes and comments to tweak your feed. All on your phone - it's amazing what you can do on a phone when you're not interested in data collection

I just made !flemmy@Lemmy.world, I'll post some screenshots when I need a longer break