sort by "New", updates instantly all the time?

I'm still playing around getting my bearings here, trying to explore this still-growing federation. I've tried browsing by "New" on both mobile and desktop a couple of times, but on desktop it's almost unsuable. Any time there's a new post, the INSTANT it goes up my feed updates, and scrolls down. Sometimes it's one post, sometimes a dozen.

To me (opinion here), sorting by "new" should sort of be a timestampped thing: I want "new as of right now but nothing more". If I refresh, sure update me to the latest. But a list that's live updating as things happen? That's... not useful to me.

Am I missing something, or does anyone else feel similarly?

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inventa@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 15 pts · 3y (1 reply)

It's a known bug, and it's being worked on

smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 3y

Perfect, thanks for letting me know! (And now it's out there for anyone else to know too.)

Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 3y (2 replies)

known bug as far as I know. its actually the federating updates coming in.

smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 3y

Oh, so not just as simple as keeping your own ducks in a row, but preventing others' from jumping the queue too. Fuuuuuunnnnnn.

BeegYoshi@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y

it's both. if you sit at the top you will see brand new posts come in one at a time and then occasionally get a giant flood as a new community gets federated.

it's maddening. by far the biggest issue with this system.

TiffyBelle@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 3y
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quantum_mechanic@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y

Yep, this is annoying. And the "hot" and "active" options always show posts from several days ago.

15Redstones@feddit.de · 2 pts · 3y

Also when sorting by active, posts jump around whenever you go to the next page, so you miss some posts and see others twice