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c/asklemmy · by GuyFawkes@sh.itjust.works · 1y

Fewer Posts from Community?

Is there a way to specify fewer posts from a community without leaving/turning off posts completely?

I have a few that seem to overwhelm my feed, and while I’d like to see some content, I’d rather it not drown everything else out.

TIA.

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9 Comments

P00ptart@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y (2 replies)

If it's 196, just pick an individual post you don't like, and search that users posts. Then block them individually. That page has some really out there posts and by blocking individual users, I don't see it nearly as much, and the quality is higher.

200ok@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

That's a good idea. I unsubscribed from a few communities because there were some overly enthusiastic posters that weren't my taste. I should have just blocked them instead!

P00ptart@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

I feel it works pretty good because some communities have good quality posts with only a handful of people that would otherwise turn me off from it but once I started doing that, I realized it didn't take a whole lot of blocks to clean up my feed significantly.

dan@upvote.au · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I usually use the "scaled" feed sorting algorithm instead of the default "active" one. It does a better job of showing a larger variety of posts, including posts from small communities.

GuyFawkes@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Thanks - gave it a try and it’s just what I was looking for!

ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

That's what the different sorting algorithms are for. Trying sorting by "active" or "scaled" and see how it goes

GuyFawkes@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Thank you - scaled is working great!

GuyFawkes@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Thanks! Gave that a shot and it’s working way better!

palitu@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y

I agree about this. Reddit and co do this automatically. I would like to increase or decrease priority of communities, something like a score multiplier for post rankings.

But, not it doesn't have it.