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@AlexWolfe Yeah I know, one of those (unfortunate) things one have to keep in mind when it comes to things online. You never really know.

@AlexWolfe Yeah I know, one of those (unfortunate) things one have to keep in mind when it comes to things online. You never really know.

@daj @gobino @AlexWolfe Interesting. It’s a difficult thing. Personally, if it was my platform, I would probably have ā€˜Recent posts’ as default. And maybe have ā€˜Buzzing’ (or whatever the name) use more than just likes. Clicks, shares, upvotes, newsletter subscribers, RSS subscribers, you name it… Doing it in a way that makes it more or less impossible to understand how some posts get to be featured/trending/buzzing/popular, but still understandable that they are. If that makes sense šŸ˜…

@daj @gobino @AlexWolfe Interesting. It’s a difficult thing. Personally, if it was my platform, I would probably have ā€˜Recent posts’ as default. And maybe have ā€˜Buzzing’ (or whatever the name) use more than just likes. Clicks, shares, upvotes, newsletter subscribers, RSS subscribers, you name it… Doing it in a way that makes it more or less impossible to understand how some posts get to be featured/trending/buzzing/popular, but still understandable that they are. If that makes sense šŸ˜…

@gobino Yes, it’s a difficult thing to balance, at least for me. I try not to care about ā€œtrendingā€ but sometimes I feel myself caught up in it anyway.