Does Lemmy have an “algorithm”? Like if I engage with one community a lot, will that show up more in my feed?
Does Lemmy have an “algorithm”? Like if I engage with one community a lot, will that show up more in my feed?
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I think lemmy is still new enough that there isn't a personalised "algorithm" yet, for good or bad.
It's good. I don't want posts to be catered to my own biases. I want to see the same content everyone else is seeing. Keeps me in touch with reality.
It's one of the reasons why I miss pre-Google YouTube. In the past, likes, views, and subscriptions were what drove videos to the front page. Now the algorithm just feeds you what it thinks you want to see. For people with extremist views, that is a very dangerous thing to be exposed to.
that's just what All view is for tho. I don't think there's anything wrong with personalized algorithm for your subs
I definitely think it needs something. Right now most of the posts are entirely irrelevant to my interests and my friends that have switched have said the same. A "simple" shared interests algorithm (show posts that people with similar interests engaged with) or something would be great and not inherently predatory
just curious - does subscribing to communities you're interested in (and unsubscribing from those you aren't) not help?
I meant this more for the Lemmy equivalent of /all