Right now, big communities dominate the feed. I’m wondering what sort algorithm could level the field so niche or hobbyist communities have a fair chance to get seen.

There’s a good related post: Niche Communities won't be able to reach their true potential until Lemmy adds a sort that takes engagement into account. It puts it well:

“If Lemmy is to truly start having active hobbyist communities instead of being 95% lefty US politics, Shitposts, and some tech stuff, it needs a sort that takes into account the user’s engagement.”

What do you think should be the default sort for a more balanced Lemmy?

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[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Maybe search by tags? I know pieces allows you to do that. And Mastodon.

Either that or make your own search via api and exclude any community with more than X subscribers. Probably would work well.

[–] PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com 1 points 5 days ago

I'm fine just using the hot sort or scaled sort in my subscribed communities. I don't participate much since I mainly post in niche communities, and Lemmy tends to smother those, so I have to keep using Reddit.