Welcome to the new web. Nothing is optimal, it’s a good intro for people. The setting is there and that’s what matters.

That’s what I meant, but appreciate the clarification.

I just block the bots, I want to see what real people care enough to post.

Never really had that issue. Are you referring to you sub feed or all? If the issue is all maybe start blocking the duplicates that you deem unworthy of your time.

The lack or rudimentary algorithms lemmy has compared to corporate social media is both good and bad. Less dopamine/doom scrolling but you also have to curate the feed a bit to make it work for you.

Post more my dude. Start the conversations you want to see.