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If I remember the likes are the most important ones.
The likes are specific of every alternative list and act like votes in Lemmy. You can give them when it asks you “is this a good alternative” or similar.
When I went over there and liked Lemmy, a pop-up appeared that asked something like “Is this the alternative you prefer the most?”. So maybe my like appears as a single like in the sum of likes, but weighs more towards pushing that particular alternative up in the rank.
From a quick search it looks like as recently as 2017 the main deciding factor was the “good alternative” votes. (When you hover over an entry it asks if it’s a good alternative and gives the thumbs up/down options.)
Assuming that’s right it’s probably ranked based on number/percentage of people clicking the thumbs up vs the thumbs down in response to that.
Does anyone know how the alternatives are ranked? There are multiple which have more likes than Lemmy, but are listed lower.
There are hearts and there are likes.
Both are differents.
If I remember the likes are the most important ones.
The likes are specific of every alternative list and act like votes in Lemmy. You can give them when it asks you “is this a good alternative” or similar.
When I went over there and liked Lemmy, a pop-up appeared that asked something like “Is this the alternative you prefer the most?”. So maybe my like appears as a single like in the sum of likes, but weighs more towards pushing that particular alternative up in the rank.
From a quick search it looks like as recently as 2017 the main deciding factor was the “good alternative” votes. (When you hover over an entry it asks if it’s a good alternative and gives the thumbs up/down options.)
Assuming that’s right it’s probably ranked based on number/percentage of people clicking the thumbs up vs the thumbs down in response to that.