Sending the HTTP request and receiving and processing the response is a sequence of countless algorithms.
It seems the common meaning for “algorithmic feed” is actually “personalized feed” or “targeted feed”. They adapt based on the user, not necessarily the community as a whole.
Technically sorting your Lemmy feed by Hot or Active is an algorithm.
Why would I do that on a low-volume instance? I still sort by New on Reddit.
Sorting by new? That’s also an algorithm.
Sending the HTTP request and receiving and processing the response is a sequence of countless algorithms.
It seems the common meaning for “algorithmic feed” is actually “personalized feed” or “targeted feed”. They adapt based on the user, not necessarily the community as a whole.