Ok, but then this should be a seperate feed from “all”.
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misk@sopuli.xyz 23 hours agoThat’s because there’s no algorithm but that’s not what OP is after I think. We already have scaled sort which adjusts score based on community size. What’s suggested here is to have some sort of sort/scaling that would assign higher weight to votes from local instance. This is a great idea that promotes decentralisation and I wouldn’t discard it like that.
remon@ani.social 23 hours ago
misk@sopuli.xyz 23 hours ago
OP still wants to see all federated content but through a local lens, hence suggestion it could be implemented as a sorting option.
Ulrich@feddit.org 22 hours ago
There are several algorithms to choose from. OP is upset because they don’t like the default one. They don’t seem to understand that they can change it.
But why?
Decentralization is not the same thing as fragmentation. What you and OP are suggesting is the latter.
misk@sopuli.xyz 21 hours ago
They can change sorting and view but they will not get anywhere near their stated purpose. OP wants instances to gather people that share similar interests or beliefs so that his/her browsing experience is shaped by this choice in a natural manner.
As an very rough example, this could mean that in discussion-centric instances text posts would be ranked higher because users in those instances tend to upvote them more often. This would also mean that less interesting stuff is not filtered but lower in the ranking. Those seeking such experience (it does sound attractive to me) would have higher incentive to join smaller and more focused instances. Maybe they wouldn’t be so small then or they’d have to vet new users and it’d be a terrible idea. Still worth considering imo.
Ulrich@feddit.org 21 hours ago
That’s what communities are for. Like…I don’t understand.
misk@sopuli.xyz 20 hours ago
Community has no control over who uses it except for federation policy. Random people browse communities through „All” which leads to random downvotes, ignoring community rules and so on. I believe that idea that makes Activity Pub so nice is that you can use various apps and platforms as distinct ways of browsing and communicating with people want to do it differently.