Adjust Feed Algorithm to Prevent a User's Posts from Appearing Multiple Times in a Row

[michael-tharrington]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Occasionally spammers have tried to game the feed and flood posts onto the site (see https://dev.to/devteam/spam-sucks-dm8).

And then, there are cases where a new user joins up and adds their blog via RSS. They often go through and publish all of their drafts at once, inadvertently flooding the home feed with their posts. This is problematic for readers, but also could cause issues for the user. They could potentially be attacked in the comments section because they're perceived to be a spammer, when in fact they mean no harm. This would be a confusing and traumatic first experience for the user.

Describe the solution you'd like

Adjust the feed algorithm in such a way that you don't see multiple posts by a single user in a row on the home feed (https://dev.to/). AS a bonus, I think it would also be good to adjust the tag feeds (e.g. dev.to/t/javascript) in the same way.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Perhaps if a user is following someone, it could allow for the person's post to appear multiple times in a row.

Additional context

I think this is important as we look to improve the way we elevate the good stuff as mentioned here - https://dev.to/devteam/improving-the-way-dev-elevates-the-good-stuff-39an.

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