RE: PeakD update: discovery experiments, better SEO, and a few quality-of-life fixes

[friendlymoose]

Nice update! I also noticed some visual adjustments in the menus. Looking good!

I really like the idea of the discovery feed. As you already know I'm trying to find some new content creators every now and then and this is could be a nice new way to do so!

Since you wanted feedback; here is mine:

The first post in my stream is my own post :D

You might want to filter these, no?
I also see a lot of posts from people that I already follow. Is that on purpose? There is quite an overlap with the Following feed this way.
Another thing you might want to consider filtering is posts that are already upvoted by the user.
And finally a possibility to sort by "newest first" would be very nice for curation purposes.

Keep up the good work 💪

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[asgarth]

Thanks for all feedback 👍

The first post in my stream is my own post :D

Ops, will be fixed in the next update

I also see a lot of posts from people that I already follow. Is that on purpose? There is quite an overlap with the Following feed this way.

The idea is to have a single feed people can use to see all sort of "interesting" posts. Excluding already followed accounts will force everyone to check out 2 different feeds every time.

Another thing you might want to consider filtering is posts that are already upvoted by the user.

This is something we don't have in the following feed either. Will think about it.

And finally a possibility to sort by "newest first" would be very nice for curation purposes.

Newer posts already get a visibility boost and are pushed towards the top of the feed. I can maybe tune that a bit more to force the older posts further down.

[rishi556]

This is something we don't have in the following feed either. Will think about it.

I would argue against this. Just because I've liked a post on another platform, it doesn't mean that it doesn't show up again when I scroll to it's position on my feeds. It'd make finding posts that I like harder.

[asgarth]

Yes, not going to hide by default . More likely a new option to hide already curated posts.

[friendlymoose]

The idea is to have a single feed people can use to see all sort of "interesting" posts. Excluding already followed accounts will force everyone to check out 2 different feeds every time.

Ah, so will it replace the following feed over time?

This is something we don't have in the following feed either. Will think about it.

I remember having an "Exclude voted" in one stream on PeakD, but I can't seem to find it anymore 😂
It could be useful to have I think. Also in the other streams.
Voted means you have seen the post already.

[asgarth]

It will not "replace" the other feed. The standard "following feed" is the classic no algorithm choice that we totally want to be available.
This new one is for people looking for something slightly different and less predictable.

I remember having an "Exclude voted" in one stream on PeakD

Yes, that would make sense 👍