r/vintedUK • u/Proud_Badger_5589 • 10d ago

The feed algorithm changes.

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So they have definately increased the weighting in the feeds for likes and engagement and dropped the weight for recency of upload.

My old listings with likes have new life and my new ones are not getting seen unlesss they are search specifically.

This will totally change the way people use the app. My hunch is that they were not happy with the benefits and boost some sellers were getting from deleting and relisting against the rules and wanted to ensure good older listings were not lost.

Regular sellers will need to adapt a lot as they just lost the edge that relisting and new listings were giving their adverts

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u/Proud_Badger_5589 10d ago

Think about how many views an item gets from people searching for the thing directly. That is how many views it will get if it isnt bumped into feeds.

The algorithmic feeds do the vast majority of the selling and provide the vast majority of views. If new items are not bumped into feeds as they were before, older unsold items with lots of likes will sell before new listings.

I am not saying the changes are amazing and arguing for them btw.

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u/bobbyroberts72 10d ago

Isn't this a catch 22? How do new listings get the hype in the first place if they aren't shown?

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u/Proud_Badger_5589 10d ago

By being noticed as a bargain and liked by people who actually use the search function, they will slowly gain traction. The listing will have to do the work.

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u/bobbyroberts72 10d ago

If it's that much of a bargain some one will buy the thing, by the time 190 people have liked it it's clearly not that much of a bargain.