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Why can't I sort communities by subscriber count? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm looking for communities to subscribe to so I went to the Communities page then selected All but I can't sort the listed communities. My cursor changes to a finger when I hover over the Subscribers column but nothing happens when I click on it or any of the other columns..

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This really is a much needed feature. Even https://browse.feddit.de/ has absolutely no ways to sort communities in any way. You can search for them and filter out instances you don't want, but it still makes discovering new ones tricky.

I am really curious as to why they always seem to be listed in a particular order. I can't figure out what that order is. Is it creation date maybe??

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was curious about this too, so I did some digging in the source code.

Here is where the sort order of the array of communities that populate the list of communities is currently hardcoded. This is currently TopMonth, aka active users per month, highest first.

Here is a corresponding GitHub issue to request column sorting on the communities list page. During last discussions in that issue, it seems like Lemmy devs don't see this sorting feature as priority.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hmm that's disappointing; sorting by users per month probably is the most useful metric though