For example: Allow users to sort their feed by some algorithm that puts shorter posts higher up (not ignoring the karma, but also taking into account the length)
No sorting algorithm is perfect. The relevant question, I think, is if this would be better than the current algorithm. (Would you prefer using it even though linkposts would be too high?)
With some extra effort, one could solve most of the link post problem. Specifically, I think the forum currently supports built-in link posts. Or one could search for “linkpost” or “link post” in the first line. But in practice I would just leave this problem as-is and see if anyone still uses this feed
Nudge people to write shorter posts:
For example: Allow users to sort their feed by some algorithm that puts shorter posts higher up (not ignoring the karma, but also taking into account the length)
It might be tough to implement this in a way that doesn’t boost linkposts (which I think would be counter to your purpose).
I agree
No sorting algorithm is perfect. The relevant question, I think, is if this would be better than the current algorithm. (Would you prefer using it even though linkposts would be too high?)
With some extra effort, one could solve most of the link post problem. Specifically, I think the forum currently supports built-in link posts. Or one could search for “linkpost” or “link post” in the first line. But in practice I would just leave this problem as-is and see if anyone still uses this feed