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0 pointshappytoexplain6h ago0 comments

I consume the RSS firehose exclusively, so I guess the answer is "constantly". I have no idea which submissions are highly voted.

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falsaberN15h ago

I do the same thing, I never really noticed what submissions are high rank or not, I just come for my own interests.

Brajeshwar6h ago

I tried this and it was unbearable.

happytoexplainOP5h ago

Yeah, I'm certainly in the minority. I have an "all or nothing" brain problem.

To be clear, I'm not reading tons of submissions. I just don't like the idea of only being presented with the top N submissions by vote count. I'd rather scroll a feed that auto-marks each one as read until I see something interesting.

I have the same problem with YouTube. I (almost) only consume entire channels via RSS feeds (sans shorts). I never see the home page, and I only occasionally click an algorithmic recommendation.

arnvidr5h ago

I do the same (both here and YT). I stay away from algorithmic anything. If something is too high volume to avoid it, I'd rather avoid that something.

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