It’s not just lemmy that’s benefiting from Elon Musk.

  • PeleSpirit@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think they do have an algorithm but it’s super basic, Ruud from lemmy.world said they’re trying to adjust it. It’s not focused on making money but more on what you subscribe to, what your instance puts on the front page and not much else. I think they’re trying to make it more inclusive to the little instances and communities so it doesn’t get overwhelmed by a few large places.

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      1 year ago

      On Mastodon? I distinctly recall reading that it did not have one but I guess these projects are fast moving so maybe it has changed or I am just mistaken.

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        1 year ago

        Oh sorry, I meant lemmy. Not aware of how that works on Mastodon except that the Mastodon app has a “for you” section. Thats probably an algorithm of some type?

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          1 year ago

          This does make more sense.

          I think “for you” is just everything you follow (people and topics).

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            1 year ago

            Nope, when I click it, it suggests people to follow that I haven’t followed yet. I just checked.

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              1 year ago

              Oh, that must be new. I only had three tabs, one for my stuff, one for all the local stuff, and one for everything.

              There were recommended posts and stuff but they were kind of buried in some menus.

              Sounds like stuff has changed. It’s only been a few months. I’ll stop saying there’s no algorithm now, haha.

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                1 year ago

                It’s set up weird on mobile, you have to go to the tabs in the search buttons and slide them over to find the “for you” tab. I don’t really connect with who they’re recommending so not sure how they decide. I do see a lot of things I’m interested in by following certain #hashtags though.