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[–] [email protected] 119 points 1 year ago (20 children)

There is a bug in 0.17.4 that stops front pages from updating shortly after the server is restarted, thus resulting in β€œhot” and "active" showing stale posts.

I have fixed this issue on https://lemm.ee already, you can check our front page to see fresh posts. The fix will soon land in the main Lemmy codebase as well so other instances can take advantage, you can track the issue here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3076

I have also advised other instance admins that regularly restarting their Lemmy server will work as a band-aid workaround until the proper fix is released, so some admins have already implemented this in order to get their post rankings working again, but the proper fix will come in the next release of Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Thanks for your work debugging and fixing this for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Hey there, I appreciate all the work you guys are all doing to keep this going. We see you and thank you.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I was halfway through reading this when I immediately thought "is the 'solution' just regularly restarting the server?" lol

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Switch to all/hot. The default is local

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I think OP is getting at the point that maybe the default shouldn't be local. I set mine to subscribed, but until a server is widely used, maybe the default should be all. It's more of a server admin thing than a software default thing, IMO, though.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Makes you think about how many posts on Reddit are just not accounts pushing posts

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

#newisalwaysbetter

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yea this is how I'm doing it, and it's great. Plus I get real time notifications on new communities. I used reddit by new too, but here seems to be genuinely more engaged.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Be the change you want to see, post new things, comment on stuff, upvote away.

A big mind shift from reddit is that the contribution doesn't have to be the most interesting, insightful, or novel. When you're in a giant community it can feel like you have to have the most incredible thing to feel like its worth posting. Here you can experiment so much more

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The problem is actually not that there isn’t enough new content. Sort by new and see your front page get flooded every second. The problem seems to be the sort options bugging out for days at a time

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah I'm starting to see this as well. On my second or third day here and the front page is the same, I have to actively look for more. That's going to drive away new folks

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@c2h6 @nieceandtows They are fixing it should be fixed in next update. To make your feed fun sort by new post and sort by new comments. Makes everything so nice.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been sorting by 'Hot' recently, its a little more chaotic but it's definitely a fresher experience. Also I just found out you can hide read posts! Which has been a huge game changer.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have bookmarked my subs, but the "new user" experience isn't great.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They really should set All - Hot (or Top Day) as default instead of Local.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I set my front page to "All" and "Hot", it constantly adds new posts to the top of the lists and shuffles everything down. I just visited the page and it updated the list three times in about five seconds. Is there a way to make it not do that?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a bug that should be fixed soon. Luckily it doesn't happen in the android app I'm using, Jerboa.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

@KillaBeez I think we are to used to reddit. You can always sort by new and comments sorting by comments and is interesting.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Sorting by "new comments" can be a nice one if you're looking for discussions, I'm finding.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

This is how I used reddit anyway and I'm having a great time here so far

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can save your sort preference in settings.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They did some changes to the sort last night. I was thinking the same. This seems a little slower today for HOT.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Yes, you summed up what was bothering me about this site. Intended or not, it's giving the impression of a ghost town outside of a few threads.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Is it possible in Lemmy to set the sort method as a default every time Lemmy is opened?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's in settings

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I notice it's been really stagnant today, was a lot more active the last two days. Is everyone gone back to reddit??

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't worry, its a bug. "Hot" sorting has freezed. Just use new and you will see just how active everything is.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sadly sorting on new also has its issues with the auto updates and content getting pushed down automatically. I'm hoping that gets fixed soon.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Also slated for next release.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol I sorted new two days ago and almost broke my thumb blocking tentacle porn communities ahahah!

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

and lemmy UI issue tracker (for issues that are UI based, not back-end based)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess so - maybe 'new' should be the initial setting...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I think until a community reaches a certain size, "new" should just be the default initial setting for users maybe? Idk

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Sort by new, trending, or hot to get a different list. I've just been looking at communities to subscribe to

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