this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2023
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Repetition. The front page algorithm frequently shows way too many posts from a single community, often in a row. It also tends to show me a lot of duplicated posts that have been reposted to multiple communities.
There needs to be a better mix in the way posts are selected. Popular communities should not be able to dominate the listing with multiple posts. The more posts they get to the front page, the more they should be down-weighted in order to give an equitable mix.
This complaint applies to All, Local, and Subscribed. If you don’t want to change the default algorithm, then perhaps add the new one as an option?
There is a "scaled sort" that will be released in the next version iirc.
I definitely agree with this one. It makes browsing feel very stagnant at times, because unless I go out of my way to view the communities I've subscribed to then I don't really see most of them.