I still haven’t decided on whether top, hot or scaled is the best sort. I feel like all of them feels “wrong” somehow. Any ideas?

  • Tower@lemm.ee
    35·
    22 hours ago

    All, Top 6 hours. Keeps me fairly up on things. If I feel like I’m hitting the same stuff, I’ll switch to Hot or Active.

    • Jordan117@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      19 hours ago

      I just wish it would prioritize the top from the last 6 hours while showing older stuff below. Because slower communities feel dead when you visit and see no posts (even if there was one seven hours ago).

  • Boomkop3@reddthat.com
    3·
    14 hours ago

    I personally enjoy “new comments”, it’s a mix of new posts and recently commented on posts

  • Free_Opinions@feddit.uk
    12·
    22 hours ago

    Subscribed and top 12 hours is what I’ve been going by for about a year now. After I’ve scrolled through that I switch to “all” from which I’ve blocked all the communities I’m not interested about.

  • CodexArcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1·
    14 hours ago

    I do All - Scaled. I’ll switch to New if I feel like I’m seeing a lot of repeat content. I’ve had to block a few bots (the reddit reposters are particularly egregious) and communities I don’t really care for.

  • guy@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    17 hours ago

    I went by scaled on my previous instance because I enjoy seeing small communities posts as well and they easily drown otherwise.
    However piefed doesn’t have that sorting :(

  • breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca
    6·
    22 hours ago

    Scaled was a game-changer for me.

    I use scaled on web. Voyager can remember your sorts for different communities. I typically to use new for smaller communities and scaled for larger ones and the home feed.

      • breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca
        4·
        17 hours ago

        Scaled takes smaller communities into account and bumps their posts up so they don’t get buried by posts from larger communities with more engagement.

        Edit: here are the descriptions:

        Active (default): Calculates a rank based on the score and time of the latest comment, with decay over time.
        Hot: Like active, but uses time when the post was published.
        Scaled: Like hot, but gives a boost to less active communities

        https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/03-votes-and-ranking.html

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    22 hours ago

    New.

    You get to see stuff early, you get less repeats, you have more chances at lucking into good conversations because you can comment and be way more likely to be seen, thus upping the chances of setting the vibe for any responses as opposed to jumping into stuff that’s already ongoing.

    Plus, in most apps, you can tell when you’re back to things you’ve already seen easier. You don’t run across a post that’s marked read and have to keep scrolling anyway.

    Now the downside is that you see the bad stuff early too. And, if you don’t want to engage and would rather be able to leave short comments that only OP will see, it’s harder.

    I’ve tried all the sort methods, and only new gives me the kind of experience I enjoy.

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    21 hours ago

    I like Top of the last 6 hours. In the Old Place I did Top of the last hour, but it’s a little slower here. If I can’t bear to read the article (too often these days) I can go straight to the comments and there will be some. If I run out of blue posts, or want to catch an unfolding event, I switch to Hot.