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[–] 21 points 2 months ago (4 children)

But interacting with them will be interpreted as "engagement" and lead the algorithms to push them into more feeds and rank them higher.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Well not on lemmy I don't think they use algorathms to rank content and are open about how they rank comments and such. Not entirely sure though I am not a computer guy.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Sorting by ‘active’ takes into account the time of the last comment, and/or the number of comments. And it's the default sorting option in the default UI and apps that I've seen.

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