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What does it take to be in the "Trending Communities" in the sidebar? (lemmy.ml)
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Is it recently active? Percentage growth? Can consistently active communities be in the "Trending" section for a long time?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Its essentially the same algorithm as the front page, but uses new subscribers instead of votes. If very few new communities are being made, its essentially a New view.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Been wondering about that in our community, I'm meant to tinker around with removing that block, since for us it's in effect a list of recently added communities, which might be empty and/or little activity, and that is not very encouraging for new users.