That’s an interesting algorithm!
IMO the Lemmy scaled sort would be ok if it wasn’t as powerful.
Try the scaled sort on PieFed.social, the amplification isn’t as strong and I just tweaked it to filter out bot posts.
Comment on How should Lemmy sort posts so small communities can compete?
PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com 1 week ago
- Compute raw post score (upvotes minus downvotes).
- Normalize score by community size (e.g., divide by square root of monthly active users).
- Calculate z-score relative to community mean and standard deviation.
- Apply time decay to prioritize recent posts.
- Sort posts by adjusted z-score.
- Outcome: Posts that significantly outperform their community norm appear prominently, giving small and large communities equal visibility potential.
- Enhancements: Minimum engagement thresholds, Bayesian shrinkage for small communities.
rimu@piefed.social 1 week ago
trajekolus@piefed.social 1 week ago
I’m not sure how Scaled is determined, but as far as I know, it is made for what you want
PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com 1 week ago
Nah it only rewards communities with few members, that means bot communities with lot of posts and almost no active users are always going to be top. That’s not the outliers sorting that I want.