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Is there a fediverse software that has "trending" posts? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by HughJanus@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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I realize that Mastodon is specifically intended not to have any sort of algorithm, and I understand and appreciate that, but it's not what I want, personally. I want to have the posts in my feed sorted by the ones with the most "engagement" as those are likely the most interesting ones.

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[–] xapr@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mastodon has an "Explore" section, that lists the most popular posts today. It also has subsections for trending news, hashtags, and "for you" which seems to be suggested accounts to follow.

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, but this is only trending posts on basically the entirety of Mastodon. I'm looking for posts in my feed to be sorted by engagement. ie: "favorites" and especially # of "boosts".

[–] xapr@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, I see what you mean now. Yes, that sounds like it would probably be useful, but I hope that they are very careful with slowly adding features that change the network/social dynamics of the place.

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not asking them to change anything. Just wondering if there's a different existing service.

[–] xapr@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I've heard that there are some Mastodon apps that have their own algorithms, but unfortunately don't remember any details. Perhaps that would be something to look into.