Yeah it’s been weird. Hot on lemmy seems to weigh more heavily towards newer posts than we’re used to from reddit. I regularly see posts that are less than 5 mins old with like 1 or 2 upvotes, back to back with ones that are a few hours old with much more engagement.
And then active seems to be a bit slower overall, with posts shifting gradually over the course of a few days. There’s several options I haven’t played with either, still figuring stuff out myself