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what's the difference between active and hot? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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What's the difference between active and hot when filtering posts/comments? They sound like the same thing.

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sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Active (default): Calculates a rank based on the score and time of the latest comment, with decay over time Hot: Like active, but uses time when the post was published

Votes and ranking

[–] neverbeenbretter 43 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh right there`s actual documentation. πŸ˜…

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

A tale as old as time Ü

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago

That's, surprisingly straightforward. It's refreshing to use a social network where the algorithm isn't a black box.

[–] InfiniteVariables 11 points 2 years ago

Just a guess but I think active sorts by how active the comment sections of a post are whereas hot seems like it ranks by recent upvotes.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Im trying to find that out also. Im sorting by new right now just to see all the post that are coming in. Sorting by new is like r/all kinda

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sorting by new you can also see all the new communities as they come and get in.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Watching the new feed like… hey look, 16 pictures of people’s dinner…

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I tried new all and the furries man the furries.

I was hoping camping hunting fishing etc haha.

Saw one post it was something 10 point buck etc. Open it up Furry porn

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I just block communities I have no interest in. I’m sure there will be plenty of that going forward but it’s worth the time to curate my feed a bit.

[–] cybernator 4 points 2 years ago

How i understand active include the comments .

[–] neverbeenbretter 2 points 2 years ago

I was just wondering this. My guess is that hot is some sort of middle ground between active and new.

[–] Master 0 points 2 years ago

If it was September id say RTM... :)