Samuel
"I want to discover new posts but I want them in chronological order" why is this such a common ask because it makes no sense
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Dominik 🔮
probably so that if you see something you’ve already seen / liked, you know that you’ve been here before and don’t have to go further back in case you’ve missed something?
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Dominik 🔮
because if they’re not, how do I know that I have seen all posts? Say I see all the posts as of right now, then come back one hour later. Now I want to read everything “since the last time”. Now I just read until I see I post I’ve already seen. This only works when chronologically ordered, right?
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Samuel
but what does it mean to “see all posts” if it’s an algorithmic feed? we can keep showing you relevant posts near-indefinitely. chronological only makes sense with a limited set of posts, such as “all posts from people you follow”. “any possibly-relevant post” is unlimited
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Dominik 🔮
I have both the "Following" and "Latest from Follows" feeds, and they are not the same. It seems to me that only the latter is chronological. Right now the top post on Following for me is from 5h ago, while Latest from Follows is 24m ago
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StasiaReader
This is great, but what I want is the Discovery feed in chronological form. I am, apparently, weird for wanting this.
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StasiaReader
But I want to see more than just the people I follow. Why are you so determined to not accept that some of us prefer chronological order for all social media?
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