Comment on Niche Communities won't be able to reach their true potential until lemmy adds a sort that takes engagement into account.

PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

At this point, I’ve come to terms with the fact that Lemmy is mainly a platform for shitposts, while Reddit is for everything else. When I look at the feed, I mostly see memes, us politics, and some tech. Although there were some proposed solutions for this issue, when scaled sort was implemented, @nutomic@lemmy.ml closed all related issues, even if they weren’t solved by scaled sort. So, it’s clear that since there are no longer any open issues about this, no one is going to care about solving it. Therefore, it seems like the only option is to accept this fact and learn to cope with it.

Custom feeds may not be the most efficient solution due to scalability concerns. However, an alternative approach could be to make the metadata about the posts available through an API call. This would enable users to develop their own algorithms for content discovery and potentially create a more personalized experience. Users could then implement these algorithms using tools like Tampermonkey or other userscript managers.

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