How do waves in Lemmy work?

Submitted ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

In my second month on lemmy (sh.itjust.works + Voyager) now and just noticing that I can’t figure out y’all’s schedule.

On another site, for instance, I knew it loosely followed the US sleep schedule. For instance, if you posted something at 5am EST, it would be completely buried by the wave of people posting first thing in the morning.

As far as I can tell, there doesn’t seem to be that pattern here and I can post whenever I want and posts seems active for days instead of hours…

But I am a little curious about the little details. For instance, a comment on a newish post can pick up 5 upvotes in an hour, and then it’s like nobody ever reads it again.

So is there a pattern on Lemmy or does it really just depend on the server?

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Apepollo11@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I think it mostly depends on the community. There are people from all over the world on here, and different groups have different demographics.

Unless you’re using a server that’s super-picky in its federation, I can’t see that the server makes much of a difference.

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I personally sort by “new comments” which isn’t a thing on reddit. So I am more likely to see, and comment on, things if plenty of other people have also done so.

But I don’t know how many other people do that.

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- schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I’ll have to play around with New Comments.
  
  What motivates you to do that?
  
  I imagine it largely tracks with hot, with additional necrocommenting.
  
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  - schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Mainly the fact that it makes sure that if I refresh after a few minutes, I will probably get different posts. That’s not the case for most other sorting methods.
    
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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
i know that many users float on the 'new' queues of their home instances for content... if it isnt in the first dozen pages it might get missed

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- schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Ah, it’s interesting. I notice I do this myself.
  
  So there’s probably an initial rush on “New” that lasts a few hours, and then you move into the slow and steady trickle of the less frequent posters who scroll a curated feed.
  
  That explains a lot. Thanks!
  
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