In theory something like a !gaming community could crop up on multiple large instances, especially during the mass exodus while instances are getting hammered with spikes in volume.

If that's the case, we'll have fragmented communities across instances. Is there any way besides subscribing to each of them to combine them into a sort of multi-reddit type aggregation? Or is this considered a temporary (albeit important to adoption) problem during the crazy stages?

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[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not a reddit clone just because you can aggregate content, that seems like a rather narrow view. The instances could still host their own communities and the supercommunities could exist alongside one another and choose which communities would be part of them, it would just be a functionality that perhaps some users would find helpful. Wouldn't even have to be on Lemmy but for example on kbin or another alternative.

Why is that necessarily a bad thing? Wouldn't it increase the usefulness of federation since it distributes the data but allows for the communities to remain connected to each other? Couldn't you just not partake of that feature if you're opposed to it?

[–] CannaVet@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you not read my comment at all? I'm saying it is NOT a Reddit clone, and shouldn't give into pressure to become one. The entire point of federation is that instances and communities exist independently of each other, but half of the comments and posts I've seen are just bitching there's no central authority running the show on the system that explicitly touts it's lack of central authority. It's going to KFC and throwing a bitch fit they won't serve you lasagna.

Why is that necessarily a bad thing? Wouldn't it increase the usefulness of federation?

It's a bad thing (and also not really possible) because it would require a central authority to organize that through. If you want to follow three communities........Just follow three communities. It's not that hard.

You left Reddit because of the actions of a central authority, went to an alternative that advertises the lack thereof, then cried that there's no central authority. It's fine if you want that, but GO TO ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS instead of demanding devs toss their vision out the window for your comfort.

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should stop making statements about what other people want and what they think, it's usually just reductive and incorrect.

The supercommunity would be a central authority in the same sense that a regular community is a central authority, in the same sense that an instance is a central authority. The supercommunity wouldn't own all the content, it wouldn't have to be an exclusive provider, I don't know what idea you have in your mind that you're raging against.

Instead of having to follow fifteen /c/aww communities and scroll through all the other communities that you might want to subscribe to for the content you want, it could be nice to just have to subscribe to one that gathers the content of those fifteen communities and keeps it contained in one location for the end-user.

What is your issue with that? That it's too "like reddit"? If that's the case, are you really promoting an idea or just a reactionary response?

[–] CannaVet@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then why don't you just.........subscribe to those communities instead of demanding it work like Reddit?

You're attacking me for explaining how Lemmy works under the implication of "like Reddit or not" while in the same breath screeching that it isn't like Reddit. If you want a Reddit clone go to a Reddit clone, what's so hard about that? Giving up the chance to bitch about devs with stated goals contrary to yours not doing the things you want?

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not attacking anyone, I'm saying it's a feature that people might like, that you could choose to simply not use, that doesn't interfere with the concept of a federated platform. You're the one who keeps bringing up reddit over and over.

Giving up the chance to bitch about devs with stated goals contrary to yours not doing the things you want?

What are you talking about? When have I complained about the devs?