I’ve noticed that the “All” feed on Lemmy is pretty much the same across all instances, showing posts from every instance regardless of the specific focus or community vibe of the instance you’re on. This seems like a missed opportunity to make the experience more tailored and engaging for each instance’s unique audience.

For example, if there were an instance dedicated to literature lovers, wouldn’t it make sense for the “All” feed on that instance to prioritize content that’s more relevant to people who enjoy books, poetry, and writing? Instead of being a global feed that shows everything from memes to tech news, it could reflect the interests and values of the instance’s community.

I feel like making the “All” feed more tailored to each instance would not only improve user experience but also strengthen the sense of community within each instance. What do you think? Would love to hear everyone’s thoughts!

  • frosty99c@midwest.socialEnglish
    4·
    22 hours ago

    “All” is all content on the fediverse, across all instances with which your home instance is federated. It will be similar for all instances, because most are federated with the big instances and those tend to have more posts and interaction.

    If you only want to see the feed of communities on your local instance, you can just browse your “Local” feed.

    • PumpkinDrama@reddthat.comOPEnglish
      02·
      22 hours ago

      I’m not referring to the amount of content but how it is curated. If it showed the content sorted by votes from the local instance instead of an aggregate of all instances the content would differ form instance to instance.

        • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
          2·
          21 hours ago

          They are on reddthat.com. “Local” would show them posts from reddthat.com communities; it would not show them posts from lemmy.world communities.

          Suppose a post on a lemmy.world community is downvoted by the fediverse in general. However, that same post is highly popular among reddthat.com users, for whatever reason.

          This user would like that post to appear high in reddthat.com/all, even though it would not appear high on lemmy.world/all.

          The idea is kinda interesting. “all” is not the right category for it, but the idea of instance-peer curation has merit.

          • kate@lemmy.uhhoh.comEnglish
            2·
            21 hours ago

            to me this feels more like a sort option than entire feed, since it’ll be the same content as the all feed. like the idea though

      • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        21 hours ago

        All means all, it’s not meant to be curated.

        That said, it sounds like you are suggesting more of another sorting algorithm. Could be a neat idea.