Seeing stuff about reddit being posted to 10 different technology boards, plus reddit-themed ones, then reposted further just makes this whole idea a mess. Reposts have to be consolidated into a single comment thread.

  • The feed present on Kbin and Lemmy that delivers content that is “hot” is still an algorithm, it just isn’t a hyper-specific one like you’d see on Tik Tok

    • Sorting by new also is an algorithm.

      Not trolling here: I think this is something the fediverse will need to decide at some point. What are the acceptance criteria for timeline presentations? But this would also be a perfect example of diversity: don’t like the way our instance sorts your timeline? No problem, here’s some instances that do it differently.

    • Yes, I meant “recommendation algorithm” or “based on dataming algorithm” - I should have been more clearer.
      We have various “sorting”, “time” and “weight/vote” based algorithms of course.