Why YSK: Doing so can change your feed and experience drastically.
I typically sort by local/all: active, where I see a mixture of memes, news, and discussions. But I switched to all: hot, and I was shocked by just how homogeneous my feed became. It was pretty much entirely memes and computer discussion. Obviously this isn’t always the case. But, I could see someone who always sorts by hot not realizing the diversity of the site.
So, if you’re a little bored with your feed, or just want to see different posts, then try different sorting methods. Even if you’re not, try it anyway. You might like what you find - or you might go back to your default.
New comments is my favourite so far. Its a good mix of active discussions and fresh posts.
switches to all, sees porn
Goddammit
This post has helped me more than anything on Lemmy yet. Thank you.
So much better.
I seem to prefer top 6 hours personally. It gives you the most updated stuff but has a short enough time period so that you can still check it a few times a day and likely get different posts assuming you are subbed to a good number of active communities.
Yeah, Active and Hot are really good now at mixing new and active content, but when we had less activity or when something big is happening, things tend to get stuck there, and I basically end up having to scroll more than I should.
Top 6/12 hours is the best if I just wanna see what’s actually trending for the day and move on.
I stick with subscribed»new, so I don’t miss anything from the communities in which I’m interested.