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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by preston@possumpat.io to c/possumpatio@possumpat.io

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[–] stoneparchment@possumpat.io 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I noticed something today and I'm curious if it's related to this conversation--

When I look at the browser-based pages for larger instances, I get a ton of "All-New" posts that I don't see when I'm using possumpat.io's "All-new" sort function (in browser or in jerboa).

If lemmy is "push based", does that mean we're only getting "All-New" posts from communities where at least one of our members is subscribed? Specifically, it doesn't seem like we get posts from instances where at least one person is subscribed to one community, because I don't see "All-New" posts from most of the communities on lemmy.world despite having subscribed to a few of its communities, for example.

If so.... dang that sucks! I've been feeling a little surprised at how few new posts I see, but then I see posts on lemmy.world or lemmy.ml talking about how they literally can't stop the flow of new posts!

[–] preston@possumpat.io 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yep, that's how it works - every post in "All" is coming from at least one person on our instance being subscribed to that community. This one reason why I'd like to hit a sweet spot of a couple hundred users - Eventually we'll get enough remote subscriptions that it'll feel like a firehose of content.

If there's stuff you want to see, I'd highly suggest going and spelunking on other instances and finding new communities to get things bootstrapped. I've been digging around once a day or so myself, so I'm confident in a few weeks we'll be seeing more stuff than we could ever want. 🙂

Edit: Also worth mentioning, this is yet another pain point that developers are looking at: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2951

[–] Aywren@possumpat.io 1 points 1 year ago

This is fascinating - thanks for explaining why things don't always show up by default. It's time for us to get out there and populate our ALL section, it seems! :)