Im personally a "New" enjoyer.
this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2023
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Thank you for your contribution based new sorter.
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I forget that we aren't using the "other" place where sorting by new is terrible
Being a smaller platform where the points don't matter does make the "new" experience more enjoyable.
reading from top(6H) right now
I'm using top in 12 hours, which fits better when you browse in the morning and in the evening.
I use 6h because I apparently have no life
I believe that it should be the other way around.
You have too much life, so you frivolously spend it on Lemmy.
Those with no life don't have time for their own interests and hobbies.
That aside, understandable, have a good day.
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I found you on Hot!
I found it on top 6 hours
The only thing I see now are memes. That's what I dislike currently about Lemmy. People aren't active in other communities most of the time. I am not here to enjoy a instagram-like feed, I am here to read and discuss, like in the forums.
This is one thing that Lemmy REALLY needs to work on. The hobby- and topic-specific communities need to grow. Lemmy is currently dominated by like 5-10 communities, which is fine, but it really falls short of the experience I had on Reddit in that regard.
In order for niche communities to have a sustainable flow of content, you need a massive amount of users overall. Another obstacle is that niche communities can't grow much because with barely anyone in them, nobody has any reason to go to them.
I am pretty excited to slowly repost all my old content here over the course of several months to reap all those fake internet points again. It isn't reposting if it is a new website.
I feel validated
I like how people without any prompt all came to the same conclusion.
My Fediverse experience became exponentially superior once I learned that the default sorting options were a bit shite compared to the alternatives.
Lol
I do 6, 12, and 24 hours based on how long it was since I last browsed lemmy
Based chronomaxxing
What's the difference between Hot and Top?
Hot prefers newer posts that are gaining votes and comments. Top prefers the most votes within a specific timeframe.
The Lemmy documentation explains the different sort options pretty well: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/03-votes-and-ranking.html
The difference between "Hot" and "Active" is probably the most confusing to most users.
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I wish Hot had a bit less post decay, it would be close to perfect then. Active doesn't surface new posts often enough for me
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When you sort by hot in public and scroll past hardcore porn in public.
I swap between top 24/12/6 depending on how long I'm away.
6 gets shitty because you start getting the random porn pretty quickly.
Thank you !. I was trying to find a noob's guide to Lemmy.
A tip if you're used to old reddit and use desktop, check out old.lemmy.world. It as a dark mode like reddit enhancement suite adds to old reddit, and everything is exactly where I expect it to be based on my reddit experience. Since you're already using a lemmy.world account, it'll just work for you straight away.
Oh and also, you'll see that you can list things as "all," "local," or "subscribed." You can pretty much ignore local, and use all or subscribed as your main page.
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This was the very top of my “top 6 hours” feed. Checks out 
Hot has been getting better, but yeah, active sucks
Active is literally showing posts from 2-3 days ago
I tried it and your meme disappeared. I had to go back to hot to find it. 🤔
This meme improved my experience, excellent job.
i sort by 'new comments' by default. makes me feel like i'm on ye olde forums, and i am mostly here for discussion more than anything.
Top 12h for All, New for Local(small, country specific instance).
Who use Active anyway? I have no idea what's that for. Because it looks and function very similar to New Comment. Hot is just New but also...Active? Because it will show both new content and also post from days or even weeks ago lol
Incidentally, certain sorts have more porn than others. Active has less, hot has more, and that's probably due to the fact that it's stupid to comment on porn posts. With timed sorts, you can also get some sorts with more or less of it.
Mfw this is the first post on my 6 hour feed
I always start with my Home/Frontpage/Subscribed feed on New. Then, when Ive exhausted that (since I'm a lemmy addict) I switch to All - New. That's usually enough for me. If my soul still desires content I switch to All - Hot. Your All feed can be pretty good if you block certain communities.
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The fact that I'm still seeing this at the top of my "Top (Twelve Hours)" means you're probably right? lol
Holy shit thank you! THANK YOU!
I didn't know this was an option!
THANK YOU!!!!
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