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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lemmy is social media. It all depends on the algorithms

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Posts/comments aren’t sorted and hidden by a ML model optimizing for engagement though.

That’s the key. That’s what makes the environments so toxic and addictive.

Maybe sorting by upvotes isn’t perfect, but it’s still leagues away.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Agreed. You know a social media site is crap if you can't sort chronologically

That means they intentionally stripped away that basic function because they want to control what content you see