Although we have only <40k active users total (stats). I used to mod a "tiny" gaming sub on Reddit that claimed to have hundreds of thousands of subscribers. There is no avoiding the absolute fact that we are tiny here, by comparison to the bad place!:-)

Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, given the makeup of those that stayed behind.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The default sorting method is chosen by the instance admins actually (and then a user could change theirs once they sign up).

But maybe the bigger problem is just that people are used to the name "Hot" and how it functions on Reddit. I don't think we should match Reddit's algorithm exactly, but as it is it looks kinda barren and not very "hot".

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

Perhaps part of the sign-up wizard then? Like add a new section to it saying that FYI terms are different here?

But yeah it could be good to use a different name, if a good replacement could be found?

Like at worst, even just the word "Def" as in Default search mode.