Whats the difference between sorting by Hot and Top?
Whats the difference between sorting by Hot and Top?
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From the docs:
When browsing the frontpage or a community, you can choose between the following sort types for posts:
Active (default): Calculates a rank based on the score and time of the latest comment, with decay over time.
Hot: Like active, but uses time when the post was published.
New: Shows most recent posts first.
Old: Shows oldest posts first. Most Comments: Shows posts with highest number of comments first. New Comments: Bumps posts to the top when they receive a new reply analogous to the sorting of traditional forums.
Top Day: Highest scoring posts during the last 24 hours.
Top Week: Highest scoring posts during the last 7 days.
Top Month: Highest scoring posts during the last 30 days.
Top Year: Highest scoring posts during the last 12 months.
Top All Time: Highest scoring posts during all time.
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if it's anything like Reddit
hot = most upvotes recently
top = most upvotes overall
given the rather smaller community and less activity, there is a large overlap between the two
If I may ask, what's the difference between those two you mentioned and "Active"?
https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/03-votes-and-ranking.html
Active probably has more active engagement so more recent comments probably
I've seen some massively downvoted posts near the top of my "hot" feed recently, so I wonder if it just considers votes, whether they are up or down?