I’m not really sure where to ask this question. Maybe there’s a lemmy dev community where these kind of discussions already happen.

I feel like the default front page in Lemmy is still severely lacking when compared to Reddit’s r/all algorithm. I find hot and top hourly to be nearly identical. The top 6 hour is closer, but still not as good as what the Reddit default front page is.

  • Chadus_MaximusEnglish
    63·
    11 months ago

    The worst part is that it’d be so easy, too. Give me something with more than 10 comments that has more engagement than 10 comments/hour and we good.

    • danc4498@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      While I’m sure it’s more difficult than it sounds, I like the idea of creating a user created sort/filter feature. Just plug in the parameters you want to sort/filter on (total comments, comments in the last hour, total votes, etc), and save it.

      I imagine users would share sorts that would eventually become popular on their own and get added as a default.

      • Damage@feddit.itEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Every custom sort has to be computed server-side, multiply by large numbers of users and you have a lot of strain on the infrastructure