There is a bug in 0.17.4 that stops front pages from updating shortly after the server is restarted, thus resulting in “hot” and "active" showing stale posts.

I have fixed this issue on https://lemm.ee already, you can check our front page to see fresh posts. The fix will soon land in the main Lemmy codebase as well so other instances can take advantage, you can track the issue here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3076

I have also advised other instance admins that regularly restarting their Lemmy server will work as a band-aid workaround until the proper fix is released, so some admins have already implemented this in order to get their post rankings working again, but the proper fix will come in the next release of Lemmy.

Switch to all/hot. The default is local

im vibing in new

Be the change you want to see, post new things, comment on stuff, upvote away.

A big mind shift from reddit is that the contribution doesn't have to be the most interesting, insightful, or novel. When you're in a giant community it can feel like you have to have the most incredible thing to feel like its worth posting. Here you can experiment so much more

I've been sorting by 'Hot' recently, its a little more chaotic but it's definitely a fresher experience. Also I just found out you can hide read posts! Which has been a huge game changer.

They really should set All - Hot (or Top Day) as default instead of Local.

I have bookmarked my subs, but the "new user" experience isn't great.

When I set my front page to "All" and "Hot", it constantly adds new posts to the top of the lists and shuffles everything down. I just visited the page and it updated the list three times in about five seconds. Is there a way to make it not do that?

@KillaBeez I think we are to used to reddit. You can always sort by new and comments sorting by comments and is interesting.

Yeah. I'm holding out for hope of a "things you haven't up/down-voted yet" as a display filter.

You can save your sort preference in settings.

They did some changes to the sort last night. I was thinking the same. This seems a little slower today for HOT.

I notice it's been really stagnant today, was a lot more active the last two days. Is everyone gone back to reddit??

Yes, you summed up what was bothering me about this site. Intended or not, it's giving the impression of a ghost town outside of a few threads.

Is it possible in Lemmy to set the sort method as a default every time Lemmy is opened?

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Sort by new, trending, or hot to get a different list. I've just been looking at communities to subscribe to

I guess so - maybe 'new' should be the initial setting...

Is the default sort different depending on your instance? Like you're on lemmy.world, but I'm on reddthat.com. Are they the same out of the box, or is there differences?