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[–]magnora7 16 insightful - 3 fun16 insightful - 2 fun17 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Why don't they browse /all/new? We all know the reason why.

Because they don't use the "mute sub" function to permanently mute the subs they don't like? :)

If we simply speed up the algorithm, then there isn't time for comments to accumulate and that's bad for the community. So we could speed it up a bit more, but not too much.

I agree though, more people need to browse the /new tab, there's a lot of good stuff getting missed. Just mute the right subs and then it's actually fun to browse. Simply click the 'mute sub' button under any post from a sub you'd rather not see.

[–]XOXO_HandBanana_XOXO 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

A mute button actually sounds like a great idea. The internet is all about freedom of media. Letting people chose what they want to see is part of that equation. Letting them mute what they don't want to see is also a part of that.

[–]magnora7 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The 'mute sub' button is already ready for use, try it out on /all or /new :)

I think it gives the power to the user, which is great, like you say.