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I feel like /c/memes has taught us a valuable lesson today: Would it make sense to develop a feature to block a comm from our feed for a selectable unit of time (1 hour, 1 day, etc.)? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Even if we're subscribed to them? Could a temp block exist in conjunction with a subscription? I love c/memes but holy shit no matter which sort I select by they've managed to overwhelm my feed.

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[–] outbound@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would rather see a sort/feed option which limits the number of posts shown from each individual subsciption (e.g. max 3 or 5 posts) and also have a "See all from [subscription]" button imbedded. I know that there is an enhancement request in to change the algorithm for top (or hot?) categories to take/order the the #1 ranked post from each subscription followed by the #2 post from each subscription and so on... which may help a bit.

But, frankly, I think we should just ask XKCD's Randall Munroe - he came up with Reddit's HOT sort and definitely has more insight on what drives a good algorithm.

[–] LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I like the idea of improving the quality of "what's hot".

At the moment, the current implementation is pretty weak. Even in this thread, as I'm reading it: Your post is top... even though it's 25 minutes old and has only 3 upvotes, compared to the second thread which is an hour old and has 39 upvotes.

I can see how Lemmy would benefit by modularizing the "hot" algorithm. This would allow each Lemmy server to install/test their own (or shared) "hotness" algorithm. Eventually, I think, everyone would converge but in the meanwhile it would allow for a rapid exploration of different possibilities.

[–] outbound@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

as I’m reading it: Your post is top

WooHoo! Everything is coming up Milhouse

I agree with you that this is not going to be quick/easy to solve and that beta testing several alternatives is a very good approach. Getting the algorithm right is far more of a user experience issue than a programming issue. Right now, everyone is tossing out some simple concepts, but in the end this will need far more of a complex multi-dimensional, logarithmic ranking to get it right.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Timing of upvotes weighs it I believe. If people like your comment not long after it's made its considered better than getting first vote an hour later.

In true ____ fashion I haven't verified this myself.