cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/192630
I've been noticing myself that sorting by active or hot just gives me days old posts, so I've been sorting by new but it's not a great experience. this should be a pretty good middle ground.
Not sure what's happening with the ranking algorithm, but it seems like the default main page is still displaying the same set of popular posts from a few days ago.
But if you switch to sorting by "Top Day," it'll show fresh popular posts from the past day.
11 Comments
Tot@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
Change the Sort Type in your account settings. Much better than changing it manually every time you visit.
nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 3y
I've been going to new, and then going to the second page to avoid post bursts. I just refresh when I want new stuff. It's worked pretty well for me so far. Hopefully 0.18 is out soon and fixes the bursting and hot/active algorithm issues
Questy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
Was going to say, be brave, sort new. Actually quite a lot going on which is nice to see.
bayesianbot@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Thanks, I thought I was doing something wrong but I guess this is a common issue then. Bad timing to have such a weird user experience just when we're having an influx of new users, who will surely get frustrated.
nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
I wasn't around then, but apparently the functionality that led to bursting was added when Lemmy was much smaller, so it would just update with 1 or 2 new posts at a time since there were so few. When it ballooned it pretty much broke that unfortunately.
9999monkeys@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
that makes sense
klin@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
even better.. if you're a constant refresher like me do top + 3hr
NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Geronimo@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
Ok good tip. I'll follow you for some more
mrmanager@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 3y
This is a really good and I think it should be default, after trying it.
walderan@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
Related to this bug apparently https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3076
Triazyze@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
Yeah I just did that, because I was tired of seeing the same post ever since I made an account here. I can actually see the new content now.