Why is lemmy so bad at determining trending communities? (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 year ago by schwim@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Trending: adjective

emerging as a popular trend: trending fashion accessories.
widely mentioned or discussed on the internet, especially on social media websites: trending topics on Twitter.

Over the months, I've come to the realization that the trending communities section is absolutely useless. Whatever algorithm is used, it doesn't have anything to do with the community being new, active or changing in participation. Literally, the same empty 0-post communities will sit in that block without change, aside from rarely one 0-post community will get bumped by another 0-post community.

Will there ever come a time where the trending section will provide trending communities or is what's shown actually intended?

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[-] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 1 year ago

I usually use !trendingcommunities@feddit.nl , much more reliable

[-] thorbot@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Because it’s entirely running by lemmings

Okay I’ll leave

[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I usually browse by 'Top Six Hours', but I'll see some weird communities pop up every other day or so, just a string of posts all from one community, like one after the other, then by the next day I'll never see them ever again. Sometimes it's some random obscure hobby/interest, sometimes it's country-specific but in a different language. The foreign language ones I always block (no offense, but if I can't read it, it's useless to me). I've tried setting my language preference to English, but it never seems to do any good.

[-] naught@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Same! Then when I run out of content it's top 1 hour... then new -- the wild west

[-] LackingC10H12N2O@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I've noticed that as well. :(

I wonder if those communities get put in Trending so they get visibility in the hopes of more users joining them?

[-] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

in the hopes of more users joining them

It certainly works on me

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Oh I just assumed they were the newest communities, is that not the case?

[-] schwim@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

It's not. I've had some of the same empty communities for more than a month in that block.

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