When I was on reddit, “Hot” sorting (of both main page and subreddits) usually was more than enough to see ones that are new and popular at the same time

This doesn’t happen on Lemmy. Both “Hot” and “Active” seem to be biased towards old upvoted posts over new ones a bit too much, for me first page is always full of 3-4 day old posts

I know there’s “Hide read posts” setting, but I don’t think it’s a good solution. First, it seems like you have to interact with post in some way for it to be considered read, be it open it or upvote it, you can’t just “haha meme funny” or “this post is not interesting to me” and scroll past it. Also, I still would like to see read posts, so I could see if there’s some new conversation going, or if I want to see it again for some reason (like maybe I came up with a witty joke to make in thread six hours after reading it)

So, what sorting do you use, and does it solve the problem for you - if it is a problem for you in the first place?

  • vacuumfountain@startrek.website
    31·
    1 year ago

    I’ve found myself switching to New because of the much smaller community size. I’d like to participate more than I have in other places. If I wasn’t doing that, I’d use Active to see what others are saying.

    • Mishmash2000@lemmy.nz
      4·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, same and for the same reason, to be more engaged than I have been elsewhere. I mostly switch between All / New or Subscribed / New. I can see that changing if things get much busier.

  • noodles@lemmy.zip
    12·
    1 year ago

    I’m currently sorting on new and trying to contribute on topics that interest me.

  • piece@feddit.itEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    I’m using Top 6 Hours since I’m trying to not use my phone that much, and when it gets boring I switch to Hot or New.

    Sorting by New is particularly refreshing since the communitoes are smaller and it doesn’t feel as a depressing ocean of posts no one will interact with.

  • surrendertogravity@wayfarershaven.eu
    4·
    1 year ago

    I primarily sort by New, but there’s actually so much new content lately that I miss things that way. Memmy added Top 6 Hours, which I’m also using now - I like it better than Top Day, as it keeps me from seeing top posts I already saw in the morning when I browse at night, and vice versa.

    When I used Reddit, I primarily visited subreddits individually - I might start doing that for the smaller lemmy communities that I want to make sure I don’t miss any posts on, too.

  • GutterPunch@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    I generally stick to Subscribed sorted by Top Hour, Top 6 Hours, Top 12 Hours, then do the same for All. I don’t get much out of sorting by Hot since I’m usually more interested to read fresh posts with less active engagement.

  • Otakat@reddthat.com
    2·
    1 year ago

    I haven’t seen any way to hide read posts on either the browser version or on Connect for Lemmy. Is there a service that has that feature or maybe I’ll just missing something?