Why is my home feed on lemmy and kbin filled with posts about beans? Where did this recent obsession come from?

  • @[email protected]
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    791 year ago

    I think it’s mostly, if not completely (at least on my end), coming from shitpost related communities.

    I’m seeing all of my bean posts specifically come from lemmyshitposts.

    Also random, but my city’s subreddit last year actually founded a bean club online and then had monthly IRL meet ups where they would bring bean cans to trade.

    • @[email protected]
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      291 year ago

      The Lemmy front page algorithm still isn’t very good. Which results in a lot of shit post quality posts jumping to the top of the “hot” sorting.

      • benignintervention
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        251 year ago

        That’s my favorite part of this site. Every time I open it I’m flooded by the shitwitching hour.

        • fishos
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          131 year ago

          I love it as well. It’s great to see the insanity before I switch to my subscribed feed lol. People complaining just need to learn how to manage their feed and enjoy the beans.

      • @[email protected]
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        141 year ago

        I think it’s worth mentioning for folks new here that there is no “algorithm” as people typically think of with sites like Facebook and Twitter. There are no levers or dials being adjusted behind the scenes, just upvote counts and comments pushing content to the top.

      • 🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️
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        1 year ago

        Is it that it’s not very good, or actually working as an indicator of what’s truly popular and currently generating engagement, and the people just love shitposts? 🤔

    • @[email protected]
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      121 year ago

      If I wasn’t wrinkly and old I would shut down lemmy with a naked pic holding a can of beans.