Why is my home feed nothing but beans?

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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 520 points – 1 years ago

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

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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.

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.

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

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.

When life gives you beans, you make toots.

toots? like in the mastodon?

I think this is similar to how reddit sorted before r/The_Donald memed its frontpage. It'll probably settle down as people are still figuring things out but for now, I just temporarily block !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world and !196@lemmy.blahaj.zone so I can view other posts.

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.

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? 🤔

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

Do it, you coward

I am! I just applied for my first principal job and I would hate my wrinkled ass with a can of beans kept me from it.

If the school doesn't want an administrator who whole-heartedly participated in a niche meme of a nascent retaliatory federation, is that really a school you want to be a part of?

So you'll do it after you get the job. Makes sense. Good luck!

I promise!

Where’s that fucking remind me bot when I need it

You should do that anyway😜