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Instead of algorithms why don't we create a map of Lemmy? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/27216373

Instead of focusing of creating good algorithms to push certain content to users why don't we focus on creating a good map that allows users to find the kind of content they want more easily?

I found this website that created a map of reddit with different countries for different topics and I thought it would translate to lemmy because instances sort of do this already really well.

https://anvaka.github.io/map-of-reddit/

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

A neat idea. How do we decide who goes where though?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

The map up above checks how similar two subreddits are by checking how much overlap the people that comment in both communities there is. It could be the same as that or maybe something different.

The easiest would be to have countries similar to how it had in the map of reddit be the instances and show the connections between subscribers maybe.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I was picturing a graphical map with circles for the communities at different sizes for the amount of traffic. It could be based on proximity for how much overlap there was in user posts and comments, and also by category, color the circles by instance maybe too? Like make it waaay more visible and accessible than Reddit. Somebody must have the chops to make something like that here, right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Subreddits? They are called communities here.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I know I was talking about how the map I linked to worked which is based on reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Oh ok. Mb

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Maybe a division by interests, and that way a country could still be a category