Sorry if this is not the right community for the question - this was the first one that came to my mind. I’m just wondering if I’m misinterpreting the meaning of the word ‘local’ in this context; or this is somehow pretty normal and due to the algorithm (in which case I’d like to know this algorithm a little more); or maybe because it’s a bug.
UPDATE: I just reloaded the site, thinking I might have just pressed ‘next’ one too many times, making the algorithm run out of ideas. At the moment I don’t see any more Evanston content, however, this has happened several times before, this is why I decided to write here, because it was the 4th/5th time already.
Thanks for the clarification. So it’s probably the first point.
I know about blocking communities, and probably will do - I just feel that blocking a community is a bit overkill, especially if otherwise I don’t mind seeing posts from them, just not that many. Also, if I want Lemmy to grow, prematurely blocking communities before things could get traction seems somewhat conterintuitive to me. I also use the Subscribed feature when I get bored of random/spammy content, but my curse is that I’m interested in niche, slow communities, so I can choose between these two.
It’s alright, the rest of my problem is not relevant here anyway, and you answered my question, so thanks a lot!
I wish lemmy had a hide community option, one that could be used so you do not see the posts in your feed, but could visit the community and see what is there.