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The problem is currently that by default it shows active posts, and its been the same posts for days now. What options do you use for sorting when doomscrolling to see interesting content?

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[–] Merthin1234@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I’ve been primarily sorting by new. While on other sites I don’t like sorting by new because you’ll see 90% low-quality posts, Lemmy is small and passionate enough that nearly all posts will be good quality.

[–] alehc@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I sort by new and selecting to show all posts (instead of only the posts of your instance) helps to keep my feed fresh always + I get to know new communities.

[–] s4if@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

mine is: subscribed + new comment.
subscribed because I can control what I saw on homepage and new comment because "new comment" not only include old post with new comment, but also freshly created post.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I always sort new, check subscribed first and all second. Sometimes I check all and active. I keep adding communities as I find them, so I'm sure at some point I'll be fine with just subscribed new.

[–] JollyRoberts@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Make sure to uncheck "show read posts" in your settings. That way stuff you've already seen/up voted/read will make way for new things

[–] arp@lemmy.studio 1 points 1 year ago

I keep it on Active, but I have “Show read posts” unticked, so posts i voted on don’t show up again

[–] manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech 1 points 1 year ago

just got remined to sort by new, so new now.

[–] Panda@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having the same problem, but I think I read somewhere they are working on fixing it?

Because it keeps resetting to Active and Local after a while, so I also keep seeing the same posts.

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's also an option in your profile options that changes your default sort

[–] DiscoShrew@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago

At least for me, that option doesn't seem to work most of the time.

[–] Guitarded@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

I did this and the option didn’t stick.