Even if we’re subscribed to them? Could a temp block exist in conjunction with a subscription? I love c/memes but holy shit no matter which sort I select by they’ve managed to overwhelm my feed.
OP, I’m thinking this sounds an awful lot like a support question, because it’s about using Lemmy and Lemmy functionality. You posted so you probably already have an opinion - why does this question belong in this community?
I’m asking because it seems borderline and I don’t want to remove it purely due to interpretation.
Sorry about that, it does feel a bit ambiguous doesn’t it?
I think I just wanted to gauge other people’s thoughts and brainstorm a bit but if you feel it’d be better to move it I can do that, your call.
I would rather see a sort/feed option which limits the number of posts shown from each individual subsciption (e.g. max 3 or 5 posts) and also have a “See all from [subscription]” button imbedded. I know that there is an enhancement request in to change the algorithm for top (or hot?) categories to take/order the the #1 ranked post from each subscription followed by the #2 post from each subscription and so on… which may help a bit.
But, frankly, I think we should just ask XKCD’s Randall Munroe - he came up with Reddit’s HOT sort and definitely has more insight on what drives a good algorithm.
I like the idea of improving the quality of “what’s hot”.
At the moment, the current implementation is pretty weak. Even in this thread, as I’m reading it: Your post is top… even though it’s 25 minutes old and has only 3 upvotes, compared to the second thread which is an hour old and has 39 upvotes.
I can see how Lemmy would benefit by modularizing the “hot” algorithm. This would allow each Lemmy server to install/test their own (or shared) “hotness” algorithm. Eventually, I think, everyone would converge but in the meanwhile it would allow for a rapid exploration of different possibilities.
as I’m reading it: Your post is top
WooHoo! Everything is coming up Milhouse
I agree with you that this is not going to be quick/easy to solve and that beta testing several alternatives is a very good approach. Getting the algorithm right is far more of a user experience issue than a programming issue. Right now, everyone is tossing out some simple concepts, but in the end this will need far more of a complex multi-dimensional, logarithmic ranking to get it right.
I unsubbed for the same reason. Some funny content, but it was the only content.
Maybe if they code something like a multireddit so you could read specific subs without subscribing.
I want Local, Subscribed, All and Curated
Curated should be one or more filter sets that can be set by instance admins or users. Instance Curated lists are available to all users, personal are, personal.
Oh, that could be useful
Also, my memory might need some work but was there talk about multis at some point?
You can always configure it on uBlock Origin (supposing you are using the web version)
Before influx of Reddit users, there were too much of topics I didn’t want to get into. So i just created my own cosmetic rules:
lemmy.ml##.d-sm-block.d-none > .row:has-text(Blockchain)
lemmy.ml##.d-sm-block.d-none > .row:has-text(ChatGPT)
What it does, is, that it blocks entries that contains unwanted phrases like ‘Blockchain’ or ‘ChatGPT’ .
If you don’t like me, for example, you can also add:
lemmy.ml##.d-sm-block.d-none > .row:has-text(raubarno)
And you won’t see my posts.
