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[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 13 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (4 children)

I think it would be cool if something like "meta-communities" existed. Fully adjustable, fully optional. Less duplicates.

You'd sub to one meta c/memes or c/news and see a combined feed of all known instance's versions. Post to whichever you want, show up in the meta (if you want).

If you still want to block from the meta sub or individually sub to c/memes on ABC instance, you could do that. Moderation would be subject to the instance the user posted on, subject to broader instance admin's defederations and stuff.

Idk just a quick idea. Decentralization is good, but a little bit of... aggregation like this could go a long way without actually centralizing power. Could help communities (big and small niche) to grow.

[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago

I've been saying this over a year ago:

https://lemmy.world/comment/708523

This why lemmy and federation instances are so missing and empty. We don't even have the option to make custom subscription lists or I'd have manually done that. It's so badly needed

This is a fantastic idea. I really love the decentralization of Lemmy, but I do feel the side effects of having many copies of the same subject on different instances.

And to your point, I'd love for niche communities to have a larger audience. I need somewhere to post and read about project zomboid.

[–] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't RSS what you're describing?

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Sounds like a whole app idea.

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 22 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Just chiming to throw some light hearted shade at lemmy.world for defederating from the piracy communities. My time on lemmy.world was really poor, and I came away not thinking too highly of Lemmy as a whole. My experience in different instances has been a world of difference, and I finally get fantastic content in my feeds and am fully on board with Lemmy

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 hours ago

Yep, their defederation from piracy comms and moderation of Luigi-related politics are my two biggest gripes with the instance administration itself.

[–] NaturalViber@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Which instance are you using? I've been using world since start, but open to others. Never really looked into it too much.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Hexbear.net (currently chapo.chat) is good, if you're a Communist or Anarchist. What kind of interests do you have? Dbzer0 has a bunch of great piracy resources, as an example.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 24 minutes ago

Loads of instances do not federate with hexbear.

Surely it's only a good instance if you're happy with a much less federated experience, to say nothing of the usual complaints people have of hexbear users.

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 3 points 8 hours ago

I'm on lemm.ee! It seems to have a good balance of users and sensible defederation. On mobile, the app you use make a world of a difference too. Both Jerboa and Thunder (Android) were mid tier experiences, but now I'm using Boost and it's phenomenal!

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 2 points 9 hours ago

EE is nice. They won't defederate with just about anyone. But so far the mod assholery has been minimal.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Or... And here me out... when can go descentralised ;-)

Don't take it wrong. I dislike to check multiples communities just like you but then I remember how centralised my life is and I'm fine with it.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 9 hours ago

yeah, I thought the whole point of lemmy was not to centralize everything ... it's nice when things are spread across separate instances, as long as the instances federate

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

my man has no idea on the motivation behind federation

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

Yes, but on which instance? Lemmy.ml is not controversy free and Lemmy.world already hosts like 50% of Lemmy alone. I think the only viable option that everyone could agree on would be another instance, but that would just leave us with 3 communities.

[–] irreticent@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 hours ago

I think the only viable option that everyone could agree on would be another instance, but that would just leave us with 3 communities.

Relevant XKCD:

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