What is the difference between “hot” “top” and “active”? Both “New” and “old” make total sense but i have never been able to figure the others out

  • moog@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    pretty sure this is generally correct just from using them. Though i will say, active seems to keep the same posts on it for a long time. like weeks it seems. idk why

    • Bilbo Baggins@hobbit.world
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      1 year ago

      Could easily be a feedback loop. Everyone sees the same posts, so those posts keep getting new comments which keeps them active.

      If userbase is increasing, new users will see these old posts under active for the first time and make them more active.

    • scutiger@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      There also seems to be an issue with very old posts showing up in sorting algorithms where they don’t belong, like 2 year old posts on the first page of Hot results.