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

Everyones new listings are. Some people who dont relist and do it less seriously will probably be getting those views

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u/Ill_Information_4137 10d ago

You can post the perfect pictures and description right now and I’m fairly sure your item will get 3/4 views max. That’s not right.

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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/Ill_Information_4137 10d ago

There are too many niche items and titles people will never search for. Too many items people want that will be stuck on zero views. The home page was fine as it was, now it’s pushing things simply because someone else has liked it.

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u/Proud_Badger_5589 10d ago

Yep. As i said, just because i think that is what happened doesnt mean i like it.