I’ve noticed that the “All” feed on Lemmy is pretty much the same across all instances, showing posts from every instance regardless of the specific focus or community vibe of the instance you’re on. This seems like a missed opportunity to make the experience more tailored and engaging for each instance’s unique audience.

For example, if there were an instance dedicated to literature lovers, wouldn’t it make sense for the “All” feed on that instance to prioritize content that’s more relevant to people who enjoy books, poetry, and writing? Instead of being a global feed that shows everything from memes to tech news, it could reflect the interests and values of the instance’s community.

I feel like making the “All” feed more tailored to each instance would not only improve user experience but also strengthen the sense of community within each instance. What do you think? Would love to hear everyone’s thoughts!

  • @A_Union_of_Kobolds
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    2417 hours ago

    But then you’d only be seeing your instance…?

    Which is already a thing, browsing by local…?

    • @[email protected]
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      16 hours ago

      They are on reddthat.com. “Local” would show them posts from reddthat.com communities; it would not show them posts from lemmy.world communities.

      Suppose a post on a lemmy.world community is downvoted by the fediverse in general. However, that same post is highly popular among reddthat.com users, for whatever reason.

      This user would like that post to appear high in reddthat.com/all, even though it would not appear high on lemmy.world/all.

      The idea is kinda interesting. “all” is not the right category for it, but the idea of instance-peer curation has merit.

      • kate
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        16 hours ago

        to me this feels more like a sort option than entire feed, since it’ll be the same content as the all feed. like the idea though

        • @johsny
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          111 hours ago

          Voyager has a sort option in all that is called “scaled”, which I think does what the op wants?

          • Coelacanth
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            42 hours ago

            Scaled is different, as I understand it it’s a re-weighing of votes proportional to the size of a community to help promote smaller communities.

            • @johsny
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              12 hours ago

              Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!

          • kate
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            511 hours ago

            no i think op is asking for a voting sort that’s counting only votes from your own instance