• jumponboard@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 months ago

    I’m browsing 9gag for years. I see everything and I can opt out of topics.

    On lemmy I have to actively subscribe to subs. That means I miss out on topics I’m not aware of. On pixelfed I also have to actively search for a tag. Same for mastodon.

    How can I have a similar experience to 9gag (I am not speaking of the content. A lot of content is not what I am looking for. I refuse to make an account on 9gag but I’m fine wirh a fediverse account.

    • Darohan@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      There should be an “all” tab or feed that you can go to on your platform - Mastodon has one, not sure about Pixelfed, and Lemmy has one too, that may give you the diversity that you’re looking for?

        • FrostBlazer@lemm.ee
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          1 month ago

          I’m still relatively new here so I’m not sure either. But maybe there’s a catalogue or list servers by topic out there? The search function on the Voyager app has made it pretty quick for me to find some of my favorites.

          • jumponboard@lemmy.worldOP
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            1 month ago

            But how do you get new content? Assume “star wars” comes out tomorrow. How would I see that there is the new tag/sub? I’d have to actively search for it which is what I don’t like

            • veroxii@aussie.zone
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              1 month ago

              As others have said you can set your feed to “all active” or “all top 6h”. If you select all instead of local or subscribed you’ll see something similar to Reddit /all

            • FrostBlazer@lemm.ee
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              1 month ago

              Ahh you mean like a trending function? I know BlueSky has a trending function to see those new hashtags and big topics. I like using both Lemmy and BlueSky but for slightly different purposes.

              Usually I’d just scroll through my already subscribed servers first here on Lemmy, and then I’d look at All sorted by Active for what big right now for all topics, after that I sort by Hot to get a glance of content that’s rising. I don’t usually search that much unless it’s a new topic I want to read more about like recipes, most recently.

              There might be a trending function here, but I haven’t been around long enough to know for sure. Hopefully this helps a bit! I’m sure someone more knowledgeable can help give a more in-depth answer.