Comment by SexyOctagon on 12/10/2023 at 19:53 UTC

60 upvotes, 4 direct replies (showing 4)

View submission: Changelog: iOS in-app text sizing, Android comments page update, and more

Is there a reason why no matter which sorting setting I use on the website, my front page feed is different on the web than it is on the iOS app? I keep seeing posts from the smaller subs that I follow on my front page. I’ve just uninstalled and use the web version exclusively now.

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Comment by nascentia at 12/10/2023 at 20:00 UTC

31 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I want to second this. Whatever changes they've made to the app's sorting/display algorithm are HORRIBLE. All I see are low / negative score posts now, it's really pushing me away from the official app. and onto desktop exclusively, which means I'm on Reddit far less, which means less add impressions. You'd think they'd want to correct that.

It started a month or two ago and it's nothing in my settings - the official app just shows me pure dogshit posts now.

Comment by MyrrhSeiko at 12/10/2023 at 20:17 UTC

22 upvotes, 2 direct replies

They force their own setting on the home feed of the official app and it gives you some weird Facebook style sorting algorithm.

Comment by awhaling at 13/10/2023 at 16:38 UTC

5 upvotes, 1 direct replies

In the app settings, if you go to your account you can disable “home feed recommendations”.

I don’t know if that will fully fix your problem, but it’s definitely way worse with it enabled.

Then again, probably best to just stick to the web version.

Comment by Dreamerlax at 19/10/2023 at 11:40 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I miss out on a lot of important stuff because it keeps pushing smaller subs to the top.

It's definitely not Best on web, probably some garbage algorithm-driven shit like IG or FB.