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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by dessalines@lemmy.ml to c/announcements@lemmy.ml

This is an opportunity for any users, server admins, or interested third parties to ask anything they'd like to @nutomic@lemmy.ml 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.

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[-] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml 148 points 1 year ago

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?

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 134 points 1 year ago

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 https://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.

[-] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world 42 points 1 year ago

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: !news@startrek.website

[-] palitu@lemmy.perthchat.org 71 points 1 year ago

Classic bot. Don't you know who you are talking to!

[-] triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 1 year ago

absolutely brilliant bot misfire ๐Ÿ˜‚

[-] sparky678348@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Is this link supposed to work?

[-] Corvid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

No, it's a fictional instance used to make a point.

[-] sparky678348@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I appreciate both the information and your username ๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ›

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