[BeefWellington]

    The only thing custom is the recommended sort, which anyone can turn off, by choosing the other sorts.

Reads as: "The only thing custom is the default algorithm."

What are the stats on the % of people using reddit actively who get something OTHER than "recommended" as their sort option?

Also, how do you square these ideas with the fact that there's an invisible thumb on the scale on votes, in terms of reddit's displayed vote count and the real vote count, the sheer number of bots on the site, and the fact that reddit chooses who gets to moderate subs (and in a few cases has actively replaced ownership of a sub)?

[Falkon1313]

100% Everyone has the sort options 'best', 'hot', 'new', 'rising' (which I usually use), 'controversial' (sometimes interesting), and 'top'.

I don't know which of those is considered 'recommended', or why someone would think that is the only thing custom. Each user can choose what subs they subscribe to, and therefore customize what they see in their feeds.

[ilyt]

What is the percent of users never getting there and just going to subreddits they are interested in directly ? I'd bet like 90%

[Semaphor]

> recommended

What’s that? New Reddit only?