DessalinesAug 6, 2023

We're the creators of Lemmy, Ask Us Anything. *Starts Monday, 7 Aug, 1500 CEST*

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We're the creators of Lemmy, Ask Us Anything. *Starts Monday, 7 Aug, 1500 CEST* - Lemmy

This is an opportunity for any users, server admins, or interested third parties to ask anything they’d like to @[email protected] [https://lemmy.ml/u/nutomic] and I about Lemmy. This includes its development and future, as well as wider issues relevant to the social media landscape today. Note: This will be the thread tmrw, so you can use this thread to ask and vote on questions beforehand. Original Announcement thread [https://lemmy.ml/post/2671212]

Show threadHexadecimalkinkAug 6, 2023
How do you see Lemmy working with duplicate communities on different instances? For example if Lemmy.World and Lemmy.ml have a PersonalFinance community, are people expected to cross-post? Or have you conceived of a system to allow people to find the right community efficiently?
Show threadDessalines

Its a problem, and at the same time a feature. For example, you can have two communities named !news, that pertain to completely different topics based on their instance:

This also isn’t unique to lemmy, since reddit too had tons of duplicate communities for the same topics.

Just like on reddit, the network effect will run its course here: unavoidably there will be a lot of cross-posting on duplicated communities, until people center around their favorites, based on quality of content.

There are a few tools out there too, like lemmyverse.net/communities , that can help people find communities to subscribe to.

Overall tho, I’m against the concept of “combining / merging communities” that are run on different sites by different people. These should be curated and controlled by the people who created them.

Aug 7, 2023 at 12:53pmWeb
Show threadCommunityLinkFixerBotAug 7, 2023
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]
Show threadtriplenadirAug 7, 2023
absolutely brilliant bot misfire 😂
Show threadpalituAug 7, 2023
Classic bot. Don’t you know who you are talking to!
Show threadHubiAug 7, 2023
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Show threadSparky678348Aug 7, 2023
Is this link supposed to work?
Show threadCorvidAug 7, 2023
No, it’s a fictional instance used to make a point.
Show threadSparky678348Aug 7, 2023
I appreciate both the information and your username 🐦‍⬛
Show threadfidodoAug 7, 2023
What do you mean by combining in this context? If they mutually agree to combine because they have aligned interests I don’t see anything wrong with that. An external entity combining them I agree would lead to a bunch of problems.
Show threadentropicshartAug 7, 2023
Are there any plans for a “multi-community” (pka multi-reddit) to allow users to combine multiple communities into one? This could give users a neat way to browse/participate in similar communities across instances without having to navigate to each one manually.
Show threadtatterdemalionAug 7, 2023
I agree that community structure should not change to handle duplicates. If anything, having a feature similar to hashtags or topics that can aggregate a stream of posts from multiple communities would be nice.