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Is there any downside to being subscribed to dead/inactive communities?
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this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2025
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Short answer: No.
Longer answer: There is no algorithm on Lemmy or Fediverse generally. The (edit: ~~local~~ subscribed) feed pulls from all communities you're subscribed to. All sort options (new, active) don't boost any community over any other*, so abandoned communities should have no effect on what you see in your feed - they simple won't contribute to it, if you're viewing recent content.
The exception is the "scaled" sort option, which boosts smaller communities, I believe
Small correction: The subscribed feed pulls from all communities you're subscribed to.
The local feed shows all posts from communities on your local instance, no matter if you're subscribed to them or not.
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Scaled seems to favor newer content, so inactive communities won't show up because there isn't anything new to show. Scaled works better for low activity communities since they will show up when something does come up.