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minus-squarevillage604linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoTechnically sorting your Lemmy feed by Hot or Active is an algorithm.
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoI’ve always wanted to have a way to give users their own options to use open source algorithms or create their own, but I don’t know how doable that is, since part of it is also how content gets tagged, etc.
minus-squarePowderhorn@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoWhy would I do that on a low-volume instance? I still sort by New on Reddit.
minus-squaredecayedproton@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoSorting by new? That’s also an algorithm.
Technically sorting your Lemmy feed by Hot or Active is an algorithm.
I’ve always wanted to have a way to give users their own options to use open source algorithms or create their own, but I don’t know how doable that is, since part of it is also how content gets tagged, etc.
Why would I do that on a low-volume instance? I still sort by New on Reddit.
Sorting by new? That’s also an algorithm.