OptimusPrimeJun 13, 2023

Addressing the Exponential Growth of Communities with Cross-Instance Automatic Multireddits

https://lemmynsfw.com/post/7957

Addressing the Exponential Growth of Communities with Cross-Instance Automatic Multireddits - Lemmy NSFW

Over the past few months, I’ve witnessed a remarkable surge in the number of communities on browse.feddit.de [http://browse.feddit.de]. What started with 2k communities quickly grew to 4k, and now it has reached an astonishing 8k. While this exponential growth signifies a thriving platform, it also brings forth challenges such as increased fragmentation and the emergence of echo chambers. To tackle these issues, I propose the implementation of a Cross-Instance Automatic Multireddit feature [https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1113] within Lemmy. This feature aims to consolidate posts from communities with similar topics across all federated instances into a centralized location. By doing so, we can mitigate community fragmentation, counter the formation of echo chambers, and ultimately foster stronger community engagement. I welcome any insights or recommendations regarding the optimal implementation of this feature to ensure its effectiveness and success.

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Cross-instance "multireddits", that are also automatic and topic-based. #1113

TL;DR: The suggestion is to implement an in-built automatic multireddit feature in Lemmy that would display all posts from all communities with the same name across federated instances. This feature would help decentralization, promote usage of different instances, and reduce the creation of echo chambers. It is important to allow community moderators to opt-in/opt-out their communities from being displayed. There are discussions about potential issues such as duplicate posts, communities with similar names but different topics, and the possibility of abuse. Some users propose different solutions, such as using a new type of link or grouping communities under a separate category. The idea is seen as a valuable addition that can benefit instance availability and decentralization, but implementation would require contributions from the community as the core developers may not have time to work on it.

Cross-instance "multireddits", that are also automatic and topic-based. · Issue #1113 · LemmyNet/lemmy-ui

I found the issue LemmyNet/lemmy#818 that talks about multireddits, but it seems it's about custom miltireddits that I assume would work like http://lemmy.ml/c/[email protected], which i...

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Show threadsocialjusticewizardJun 13, 2023

I think what I'd prefer is a more supported version of Reddit crossposting... I'm brand new so stop me if Lemmy already does something like this. For example, if someone has a vegetarian recipe community, a more general vegetarian community might automate a feature to crosspost their content, with clear linkage to the source... But a new discussion thread as the default in the crossposting community.

This allows the different related communities to choose their own moderation and regulation, but can also allow communities to be content aggregators.

Show threadTrue BlueJun 14, 2023
I can definitely see name-collisions being an issue, where communities on different instances have the same community "ID", but aren't actually about the same thing. I'm still overall in favor of the basic idea though.