did the algorithm get better or did lemmy just get more populated?
Seems like the feeds are more active and I'm not hitting things with 3 upvotes 20 minutes into my scroll. Did Connect change something, did Lemmy or are we just seeing some population increase from Boost?
There was a recent boost…. From Boost. Maybe those that came over are more posters rather than lurkers like we’re used to getting. I can’t say I’ve seen some major change though so I have no clue as to what you’re talking about.
There’s no real algorithm as we know it. I take that word as spying on you and taking your likes into mind to feed you more things. Doesn’t work like that at all on here.
A lot of us made accounts, or at least started regularly using the platform, when Boost was released. Previously there wasn't a client for my phone that I liked much and I reddit/lemmy almost exclusively on mobile these days.
I think you'll see even more activity when reddit actually slams the door on 3rd party clients. Most still work for now provided your account meets some annoying minor criteria.
I'm one of those boost people. I'd believe if you subscribed to have the app get installed in an uncertain future where it was ready for Lemmy you probably where pretty interested on it and not a casual browser
That's a very good point. And welcome!
To be fair I was primarily a lurker on Reddit, too. Occasional commenter. Same here, lol.
Funny I find myself using Jerboa and Sync as I'm too lazy to change instances and views within one app. It's all about the instance and the default mode I'm finding
both, but isn't algorithm(we don't have that here) but problems with federations is being resolved and the code is being optimized , causing less problems on the servers
There's a 'New' algorithm, an 'Old' algorithm, a 'Hot' algorithm, an 'Active' algorithm, a 'Most Comments' algorithm, a 'New Comments' algorithm, a...
There's algorithms. Just not user tailored ones.
There are many sorting algorithms in place here
Good...
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/S obviously
If you like ai gen, fury, or anime tiddies. There's plenty! It's really true what they say about the tech sphere and the fury shit.....
And there's another instance or two I saw in the browser.
Sign up to a nsfw instance and browse local.
Sending you my pack soon 😅😅
Pack?
The upcoming plans for forced targeted ads on Reddit may also have something to do with it.
There's no algorithm to speak of in Lemmy. It's just all sorted by date and shown to you (which, technically speaking, is also an algorithm). In the next version (0.19) there will be, though.
Hot, Active and Top are algorithms.
hot, active and top
fans myself oh my
I prefer the Hot, Active, and Topless ones myself
It's also not what lay-people mean when they say "algorithm" in context of social media, which you can easily infer from the OP's question. That's why I replied as such and specified that even sorting by date is indeed an algorithm.
I'm replying to the question being asked, you're replying with "akchually".
There's also sort by Top (with various time filters), Hot, Active, and Most/New Comments, all of which are very much algorithms. What it doesn't have is sorting based on user activity, which also isn't what's coming in 0.19. What's being added is basically the same as 'Hot', but takes into consideration the activity on the sub, so as to let smaller subs in a user's feed not be drowned out by more active subs.
So many people claiming no algorithms. There are multiple sorting algorithms in place here.
I'm in the connect community using connect and it defaults to Hot. Hot in the past has led to duplicate and very little activity posts showing up without too much scrolling.
Relay for Reddit just started requiring a paid subscription, so a lot of people are jumping ship.
I think it was the last free 3rd party app left.
The last 3rd party app that is still holding its ground is infinity. It's a great app but a lot of users are telling the developer to just stop supporting Reddit.
Boost for Reddit quietly still works for moderators but the app is probably now unmaintained with all development effort (one guy) going towards the Lemmy version
Infinity has been subscription only for a month now. Unless you take the code and put in your own api key if you can still get it, you're not using it for free
RedReader gang
My dear Relay 😢. Relay for Reddit is dead, long live Relay for Reddit.
RedReader is a thing. But the UX is kinda bad, and it's probably only a matter of time before reddit kills that as well or it goes paid
They are supposed to keep it around for accessibility.
Supposed being the most important word here.
Same here with "Now for Reddit" i want to ween off Reddit from desktop as well but a lot of niche gaming communities are dead here on lemmy
That's why I'm here. I mean, I was already using Lemmy since the whole api thing started earlier this year, but since my reddit app was still working I wasn't spending much time here.