Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Fedigrow@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 days agoLemmy Needs to Fix Its Community Separation Problempopcar.bearblog.devexternal-linkmessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·5 days agoWouldn’t that go against decentralization?
minus-squareBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down6·5 days agoDecentralization is being able to access the same content from different instances. Duplicating communities is the opposite: now people can’t see the same content, they have to follow all the similar communities
minus-squareKichae@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·5 days ago they have to follow all the similar communities See, this compulsion needs to be killed off. Because no, they absolutely do not have to.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-25 days agoIf a user wants to see all the activity on a given topic, they very much do have to.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-25 days agoNo, it would not. In proposal 3, communities would still choose whether or not to follow each other, just like instances choose whether or not to federate with one another.
Wouldn’t that go against decentralization?
Decentralization is being able to access the same content from different instances.
Duplicating communities is the opposite: now people can’t see the same content, they have to follow all the similar communities
See, this compulsion needs to be killed off. Because no, they absolutely do not have to.
If a user wants to see all the activity on a given topic, they very much do have to.
No, it would not. In proposal 3, communities would still choose whether or not to follow each other, just like instances choose whether or not to federate with one another.