I know everyone in the fediverse hates the idea of recommendation algorithms because they’re easily abused and gamed on the other platforms, but I still think either apps or dedicated recommendation services that can be tweaked/inspected by the users could be a welcome addition.
As it is now, I basically have my app set to browse all and I block communities/instances I’m not interested in, but if it grows larger I don’t think that would continue working.
I’m all for simple privacy friendly recommendation algorithms. I even thought of ways a privacy friendly recommendation algorithm for PeerTube could be made. Though I don’t need one in Lemmy. My subscribed feed is good enough imo
Have you tried https://quiblr.com/?
100%, my main issue with all the “new” social medias coming out is that they lack a recommendation algorithm which basically blocks growth for any small communities (/creators depending on platform) and does not allow me to have an interesting feed.
On Xitter I always browsed the For You page and on the daily found new creators that posted interesting stuff that I wouldn’t have seen otherwise. Now I just browse like you said on All and blocking communities I don’t want there, but its already obvious to me there’s wayyyy too much news and nothing else there. All I see is Trump Trump Tesla Trump and a bit of memes inbetween.
Have you tried adding a keyword filter using Ublock? !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca has a pinned post with a guide on how to do it
Its not that I don’t want that content at all, its that my entire feed is filled with it that is the issue.
Everything still feels fairly new to me, but I feel it’s great for things you know you’re interested in. In terms of discovery though I feel there isn’t an integrated tool to encounter new stuff you’d like necessarily. I like music for instance, I went out of my way to find the music I like. Now finding a subgenre I could like, but haven’t heard about yet, would be more difficult since there’s not an algorithm recommending it to me. I feel that’s all the more reason to spread the things we like through word of mouth. Organic growth is the heart of this type of medium after all.
Smaller communities do have it harder at first, there’s no guarantee your intended audience encounters the content you’re sharing after all. Although there could be a huge audience, but not a lot of posters. I’ve seen a mix of both of these cases so far. You can tell the interest is there since there’s may be a several dozen people subscribed to an instance no one has posted in ever or for months. Although I’m sure if activity happens again, people would be happy to engage with those interests.
Lemmy is too small for content discovery to be a big issue IMO. Around this time of day – when prime evening hours for engagement are falling mostly over the empty Pacific ocean, the feed is rather slim pickings while watching the All feed. There are not enough people to support they ultra hyper niches I am most interested in. That is not a matter of discovery it is a matter of size.
Getting into the broader fediverse, that needs some work. Like use my account here to create credentials on other fediverse platforms and things will grow much faster.
Yeah I feel most communities don’t stand a chance. Smaller communities are now split between multiple instances. A small subreddit that would get 2-3 posts a day is now 6 separate Lemmy communities on separate instances that post once a week.
Consolidation regularly happens, see !fedigrow@lemm.ee
It’s very good right now; I appreciate that it’s based on recommendations from other users rather than an algo, keeps the feed clean.
Also, does anyone use https://quiblr.com/ ?
