I find that Hot and Active give you really old stuff, at least on my instance, that’s like 3-7 days old stuff. New is just new, you know new, no community-assured quality. Top is stuff I’ve already seen. Where do I get a better feed? Can we have like Top 7 hours? Or a mixture of “top 16 hours” and “active”?

What do you do when browsing Lemmy? What are some of your strategies to get good shit while being here? Cuz so far if I try and use the front pages I get bored to shit.

The way I get anything barely worth interacting with from the front page is New Comments. Not the best, but better than the other options I discussed.

That or just, instead of interacting with a lot of stuff, interacting deeply with the few things I find that I like.

    • God@sh.itjust.worksOP
      1·
      2 years ago

      Lmao some smaller instances still have fucked front pages but the bigger ones are solved already. You’re gonna have to either find a strat that works for you or move around to test stuff.

  • Zamboniman@lemmy.ca
    3·
    3 years ago

    I know there are plenty of fixes coming in the next version of Lemmy, and maybe some of these sorting issues will be…ahem…sorted out with that.

  • SolidGrue@lemmy.world
    3·
    3 years ago

    First, this isn’t reddit, sort by Subscribed / New.

    Second, subscribe to stuff and don’t be afraid to subscribe at the same time to smaller communities on other instances. Yes, you cannot group them by topic Yet™, but it’s on the road map.

    • SolidGrue@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 years ago

      Following up:

      Third: Don’t lurk! We need content here. Be a contributor, and don’t worry about what people think. Sieze your moment, and cry, “FIRST! I posted that here.”

      • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.worksBanned
        1·
        3 years ago

        Bruh you’re talking to God@sh.itjust.works. He couldn’t lurk if he were paid a million bucks to do so. This dude has shit to say.

          • God@sh.itjust.worksOP
            1·
            3 years ago

            you voted with your silence!!! i am the ruler of all, why didn’t you say anything 1 quintillion years ago when i declared myself king of existence? now it is too late, you should’ve spoken up, this is a democracy after all 🥰

          • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.worksBanned
            1·
            3 years ago

            Man you got almost 500 comments and 50 posts in 10 days. And you’re funny. You’re putting me to shame and I’ve really been trying.

            Btw you ever watch My Mister?

  • SmugBedBug@lemmy.iswhereits.at
    2·
    3 years ago

    I remember reading that there is a bug with Hot and Active at the moment where older posts keep a high priority for too long. It’s supposed to be addressed in the v.0.18 release in the coming weeks.

    In the meantime, I use New or Top Daily. Not perfect but it gives fresher content.

  • RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.ninja
    1·
    3 years ago

    Sorting by new is working well for me. There may come a day when Lemmy communities have so much content that it’s too much for me to browse, but we’re not there yet. I’m sure when that day comes, though, Hot and Active will be better methods.

  • FiendishFork@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 years ago

    Sorting by top day helps. I have actually been sorting by new as well. Not as busy here as it is on Reddit, plus generally high quality so new stuff is pretty good.

  • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyzBanned
    1·
    3 years ago

    With the current amount of users sorting by new seems to still work quite well. That’s how I found this thread too.

    • HidingCat@kbin.social
      1·
      3 years ago

      Really? I’m on kbin too and with hot and all settings I don’t see anything older than 2 hours on the first page.

  • hyper@lemmy.ml
    0·
    3 years ago

    Sort by either new or top today

    If you’re feeling adventurous select all and sort by new/top today