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Some servers on the Fediverse represent a community.

Maybe a community of bird photographers, or a cognitive science community, or a community of open-source software developers, etc.

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#ActorTypeFeed #CustomFeeds #DeSo #FediDev #FediDevs #FediUX #Fediverse #FediverseCustomFeeds #FediverseFeeds #FediverseUX

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I remember some people years ago saying that — they wanted to "subscribe" to the "server live feeds" on community servers different from the one that they are on

This is a way of following & perhaps even joining a community without necessarily being on that server

Which for example is useful if you wanted to be part of more than one community but use the same account

#ActorTypeFeed #CustomFeeds #DeSo #FediDev #FediDevs #FediUX #Fediverse #FediverseCustomFeeds #FediverseFeeds #FediverseUX

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I think you could address this 'want' (for community feeds) by using relays.

A relay could represent a community.

And could selectively relay posts from specific users (across the Fediverse) that are part of that community.

#ActorTypeFeed #CustomFeeds #DeSo #FediDev #FediDevs #FediUX #Fediverse #FediverseCustomFeeds #FediverseFeeds #FediverseUX

@reiver Pleroma supports this. It has a relay actor that announces all public messages (turned off by default).