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Definitely a shift towards our base instincts. Several subs started showing up in r/popular that never did before or as suggested subs. All along the lines of

Definitely a shift towards our base instincts. Several subs started showing up in r/popular that never did before or as suggested subs. All along the lines of r/truerateme, r/facerating, r/rateme, r/amiugly, r/OUTFITS, etc. Never recall seeing these before the mod protests but suddenly see them all the time. All very similar in concept: attractive women posting pictures "asking for feedback". Similar to when you first sign up for TikTok or IG before you start to follow people, the content is mildly sexual in nature. Several decidedly more right wing subs are being "suggested" to me. One that sticks out is r/canada_sub but there have been others that have a decidedly right lean. (I'm not Canadian) Several subs that used to show up in r/popular before no longer do or the do so with reduced frequency. r/news, r/worldnews, r/politics. In fact, when the Trump indictment was announced, it was nowhere to be seen on r/popular for several hours while it was the top topic on Lemmy and Mastodon. I'm not keeping stats on this; just seat of the pants I've noticed a subtle shift in the content.

soneil 3y ago
I’ve also noticed a huge shift in which topics it tries to suggest, but I suspect it’s natural selection rather than intent. It feels like the ‘strike’ allowed subs which didn’t participate to rank higher, and it seems those gains are self-reinforcing (more members/participation lead to greater prominence, which leads to higher placement, which becomes circular). I don’t like the results, but I’m not convinced it was intentional- more just self-selection between which communities did and didn’t participate.
- CharlieDigital 3y ago
  Could be; but it's interesting that several of the subs like r/amiugly and r/truerateme and such have relatively low sub numbers and I do not recall seeing them at all until just a few weeks back.

soneil 3y ago

I’ve also noticed a huge shift in which topics it tries to suggest, but I suspect it’s natural selection rather than intent. It feels like the ‘strike’ allowed subs which didn’t participate to rank higher, and it seems those gains are self-reinforcing (more members/participation lead to greater prominence, which leads to higher placement, which becomes circular). I don’t like the results, but I’m not convinced it was intentional- more just self-selection between which communities did and didn’t participate.

CharlieDigital 3y ago
Could be; but it's interesting that several of the subs like r/amiugly and r/truerateme and such have relatively low sub numbers and I do not recall seeing them at all until just a few weeks back.