something that a discover page does better than a random filter is it shows content that is relevant to the current time, regardless of the created time.
when the world is buzzing about a certain topic, i want to see posts related to that topic on that specific day.
it might be interesting to scroll a random feed if i was bored, but if i really wanted to get more background info on current topics, it wouldn’t be of much use.
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something that a discover page does better than a random filter is it shows content that is relevant to the current time, regardless of the created time.
when the world is buzzing about a certain topic, i want to see posts related to that topic on that specific day.
it might be interesting to scroll a random feed if i was bored, but if i really wanted to get more background info on current topics, it wouldn’t be of much use.