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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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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

On Lemmy we can see things by a number of different sorting algorithms. It's actually a major improvement over Reddit in that regard. I like sorting by top, hourly. I would describe it has having higher kurtosis with lower total volume. The stuff at the top is fresh so if you check every hour or so you get the best of that hour. however if you find yourself scrolling, you'll get into novel territory very fast. It's far better than any alg reddit offered.