There is a bug in 0.17.4 that stops front pages from updating shortly after the server is restarted, thus resulting in “hot” and “active” showing stale posts.
I have fixed this issue on https://lemm.ee already, you can check our front page to see fresh posts. The fix will soon land in the main Lemmy codebase as well so other instances can take advantage, you can track the issue here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3076
I have also advised other instance admins that regularly restarting their Lemmy server will work as a band-aid workaround until the proper fix is released, so some admins have already implemented this in order to get their post rankings working again, but the proper fix will come in the next release of Lemmy.
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When would you expect the fix to make it to the main codebase?
The most crucial fix has already been merged and should be included in the 0.18 release of Lemmy!
I poked around to see which bugs are being worked on and whatnot on lemmy-ui’s github, but I couldn’t find the release schedule (new to open source projects like this).
Is there a way to get a sense of when a new version drop will be applied outside of being an actual contributor or is that all hidden/just in the minds of the maintainers?
AFAIK there is no release schedule as such, it’s more a situation of it’ll be released no sooner or later than when it’s ready for release 😃
I know it can be frustrating to hear that as a user, but it really is better than promising a release date, and then either failing to deliver on time, or delivering something which you know is not really ready.
I know it can be frustrating to hear that as a user
Not at all. I get it completely. I do some programming for my 9-5 and have our releases and stuff scheduled in our Jira, but that’s a private dev team, not a open source project like this and it doesn’t use github/gitlab for anything.
Expectation management and getting people to understand why we didn’t deploy at the specified time is a huge annoyance, lol.
You don’t use version control at work?
Yeah, just not git based.
Switch to all/hot. The default is local
Be the change you want to see, post new things, comment on stuff, upvote away.
A big mind shift from reddit is that the contribution doesn’t have to be the most interesting, insightful, or novel. When you’re in a giant community it can feel like you have to have the most incredible thing to feel like its worth posting. Here you can experiment so much more
The problem is actually not that there isn’t enough new content. Sort by new and see your front page get flooded every second. The problem seems to be the sort options bugging out for days at a time
Yeah I’m starting to see this as well. On my second or third day here and the front page is the same, I have to actively look for more. That’s going to drive away new folks
I’ve been sorting by ‘Hot’ recently, its a little more chaotic but it’s definitely a fresher experience. Also I just found out you can hide read posts! Which has been a huge game changer.
you can hide read posts
You CAN?!? I MUST see this.
Under your user settings on desktop, there’s a “Show read posts” checkbox. I just unchecked it like 5 minutes ago but it seems to be working.
You’re an angel among mortals. My OCD wants to say thank you too.
Yeah. I’m holding out for hope of a “things you haven’t up/down-voted yet” as a display filter.
Hey! 👋 There’s a setting you can toggle on your account for ‘show read posts’ which should stop you seeing things you’ve already interacted with. That might help you out 👍
