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  • Dave@lemmy.nz
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    5 months ago

    Lemmy has algorithms, it’s just that they aren’t designed to maximise profit.

    If you have the sort type set to Hot, posts are ranked based on score (upvotes minus down votes) with a decay based on post time. Active is the same but based on the last comment time.

    If you are on the website, there is a ? next to the sort option that will take you to a page explaining how the different options work.

    But long story short, most sorting options are affected by down votes.