I fully agree with a separate feed for the ReSteems. I do ReSteem but limited to keep my post channel kind of clean, as well to allow myself to better search back in my own post feed. But, ReSteem is really much required in the current UI design to give good post visibility. I think that a lot of good posts of especially newbies but also the whole lot of small minnows get lost too quickly to get even any attention other than from some other newbies and auto voters.
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Does anyone know why the removed the active feed? It really helped get more exposure and then one day without any discussion it was gone.
I guess I was to late signing up to Steemit to get experience of the active feed. What was it doing?
Every time someone made a comment on your post it would go to the top of the active feed. This was a separate feed from Trending and Hot and was called Active. It did not matter how old the post was if someone commented on it, it went back to the top of the Active feed.
o wow, that is a great channel/feed indeed! hmmm, can't think of a reason why removing it. maybe it could be gamed too much? bots posting comments at right times? when done on specific posts (the bot owners and users posts) this would give tremendous advantages to the few who have bots or have access to bots?
That could be a reason but bots could game the Hot and Trending feeds too if used correctly
Correct, but different parameters are used to populate the Trending and Hot channels. I don't know the algorithms behind the channels, but I guess the hot channel has number of votes in the formula, and the Trending has payout in the formula. To game payout, you need a lot of voting power, so that is more difficult to manipulate. To game votes, that is indeed what happens all over with the vote trains, trails and guilds. Note: most guilds, trains etc are not bad and are not there to game (ie for own profit), but it is manipulating the system in such a way a human poster/curator can not do.
Yes it was perfect because it showed who is really interacting and not just autovoted without any comments nor interest in the post.
Very true! Don't you think this also happens also now on the trending page. I am tired to see the same people there
meep Hahhaa
I do remember those days
Why did they take it away and didn't even debate it first? I liked that feature. Since it's removal the interactions on my Open Mic contest went down.
Sorry to hear. Without the auto voters I also would get lost in seconds. is the contest still running ? @edje we should invite @luzcypher on our discord music channel
Yes, the contest is still running. I'm on discord as a curator for steemtrail. @music-trail , @gardening-trail , and @travel-trail specifically. What channel are you on Discord?
I am also autovoting for my favourite authors because I don't want to miss out on their articles I usually end up reading later. All others keep on drowing and yes the active tag was great.