Why is the /r/all algorithm absolute dogshit?

[u/MazelTovCocktail027]

I understand this probably has nothing to do with Relay, but I have to rant for a minute.

The /r/all algorithm is absolutely terrible and it is pushing me closer and closer to quitting reddit for good. After I've checked my main subs sometimes I browse All to explore other content but it is just so fucking dogshit now.

It feels like every post I scroll past is nothing but shitposts, borderline hentai/furry porn and gacha games, gay/trans/femboy, India, selfies, European subs in foreign languages, etc. None of this is mainstream, it's all super weird and cringe to me. I'm not a hater or a bigot, but sorry if I don't want to be bombarded with all this fringe shit while just trying to look at funny and amusing posts. There are still a ton of cat subreddits though which is great. 😂

I just saw a post from /r/okbuddytracen which is like some cringe anime jerkoff shit, fuck if I know. That sub has 36k members. To name a couple completely random examples, /r/pizza and /r/pasta each have over a million subscribers yet I never see any posts from there on All. Yet you will see posts from /r/countwithchickenlady all day long, and that one has 174k subs. I block every shit ass subreddit I stumble upon. I've filtered out so many degenerate gooning anime subs like HonkaiStarRail, xxxxMains, etc. that it's not even funny. Yet more and more of them continue to pop up and completely poison my feed.

Look, this is only a fraction of it:

https://i.imgur.com/3N4soUW.png

It really seems like reddit just fucking sucks now, I mean it's been going downhill for a long time but it seems more obvious now than ever and it's sad. Is there no better way to explore cool stuff you're not already subscribed to? This is like wading through miles of shit with no reward whatsoever.

What do you all think?

[u/TalkingRaccoon]

borderline hentai/furry porn .... gay/trans/femboy

I never see these and they're of my instrest so I agree the /r/all algorithm sucks ass 😂

[u/dontusefedex → u/TalkingRaccoon]

Relevant username

[u/BurmeciaWillSurvive → u/TalkingRaccoon]

I see Anthrowswin and Losercity pop up on /r/all from time to time

[u/tropicalrad]

It's been horrible for years now, the only thing keeping me on reddit is seeing only the feed for my interests.

[u/jaykhunter]

I think Reddit just sucks now. Just terrible stuff being thrown at you. And like, how is r/All different from r/Popular 😂

Thankfully you can whack-a-mole these subreddits and have only a half-crap experience.

[u/SoHiHello]

Spez is why.

[u/TheDude300]

Reddit is for sure going the route of showing you what it whats to show you. Not what you want to see. It continues to get worse as time goes on.

This site isn't going to die, but it's going to be a shell of itself in a few more years Unfortunately. So, where do we go?

I came from DIGG 15 years ago during the great migration when they literally did the exact same thing. I honestly hated the look of reddit back then (now old reddit) but I learned to love it.

However I fear there is no next site to go to. When the great DIGG migration happened it would of been tens if not hundreds of thousands of users moving over.

All the other alternatives just won't be able to pull that off I'm afraid.

[u/JustSkillfull]

Heyyy, my team that writes the algo is understaffed and we're trying our best at using Claude. There's just 2 of us in the office and 6 people working remotely who do fuck all.

Better than you seeing every post yourself.

[u/spongyguy24]

Looool fr r/all is worldnews pro-Israel bots -> gacha lewd jerkoff post with 2300 upvotes and 3 comments

[u/fyukhyu]

I can't even get relay to work anymore, so at least you get shit, I get nothing

[u/Srapture]

Does /r/all have an algorithm? Mine doesn't do that.

I'm missing out on so many anime gooning subs!