Optionally limit number of trending videos from single account/channel

[FediVideos]

Describe the problem to be solved

Quite often the trending videos section is dominated by one particular channel or account. This tends to drown out all the other creators, and reduce the visibility of smaller channels/accounts.

On some instances, I've seen over 50% of the trending videos all coming from one account. It makes it look like there aren't any other creators on there, even though there are lots.

Describe the solution you would like

It would be nice for instance admins to have the option of limiting how many videos are visible in trending from a single channel/account.

This is what Mastodon does on their trending posts section, and it works really well, it lets people see a wider range of accounts in trends.

(Obviously some instances might not want this limitation, which is why I'm suggesting it as an option.)

[tio-trom]

I agree. Look at this:

The Linux Experiment channel dominates so much it looks like it is the only one. We need a better way of promoting the trending videos. Limiting the trending videos per channel is a good idea.

[FediVideos]

Yeah, that's what Mastodon's trending posts feature used to look like when it first launched. However, when they tweaked it to only show one trending post per account, the feature became a LOT more useful.

[vid-bin]

Pitching in my support.