This is a big problem. It creates the illusion that /c/cats on one particular instance is the real /c/cats.
This is the root of re-centralization and it must be pulled out.
This is a big problem. It creates the illusion that /c/cats on one particular instance is the real /c/cats.
This is the root of re-centralization and it must be pulled out.
OP, could you please link the archive too? The community is set up to NSFW so you can’t access it without account, and let us not create accounts in that shithole again.
Here’s an archive link for the full thread, as OP here is focusing on one comment.
Anyway: yes, there is a communication problem. I think that the “the whole” and the flagship instances should be called by different names; I’ve been using “the Lemmyverse” (subset of the Fediverse) and “lemmy.ml flagship instance” (subset of the Lemmyverse) respectively, but that is far from ideal. And what happens is that you invite people to the Lemmyverse and they end in lemmy.ml. Mastodon has a similar problem, by the way.
Specifically on r/stallmanwasright: I used to participate a fair bit in that [rather small] sub, so I’m happy to see them coming to the Lemmyverse. And I feel like it actually fits well within the flagship instance, as it’s focused on FOSS enthusiasts. I hope to see u/sigbhu (the head mod there) around - I might not like his approach as moderator*, but in general he’s fairly sensible as a person, and his opinions are often worth listening to.
*he tends to confuse too much his personal views with community views.
Then Lemmy is going to just beat repeat of voat. Why is /c/ federation disabled by default. It makes no sense.
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Sorry, I edited my comment in the meantime. (Fixing broken grammar, linking the archives, stuff like this.) That said:
Not really. Even in worst case scenario (everyone migrates to a single instance), lemmy.ml is considerably wider in scope and userbase than the socially rejected in Voat.
And, while I do agree with you that there is a communication problem, and that it needs to be addressed, it is far from the worst case scenario. For example I consistently see here people from beehaw, lemmy.world, fedddit.de, and other instances.
Federation happens between instances, not between communities. You can access any community from a federated instance.
If federation is disabled by default (is it?), I think that this might have to do with spam and bot prevention. I’m not sure however.
Now, off-topic:
While I get that spending time in Reddit made us people behave less like decent human beings and more like dumbarses/redditors/morons, even then I think that we should watch out to not behave as such outside Reddit. Let its stupidity culture die with it.
From your comment, three things caught my attention:
Please, don’t.
I think what they mean by /c/ federation is combining the communities, so that c/technology would combine lemmy.world/c/technology and kbin.social/m/technology and lemmy.ml/c/technology, but I’m not 100% sure.
If that is indeed what the other poster meant, then it’s even worse - it’s missing the point of federation, that is “let’s not centralise our discussions within a single place, as this gives too much power to the people who control that place”.
Sure, I agree with you :) I just wanted to clear up what I saw as a misunderstanding, not argue against your point :)