I'd like to invite you all to share your thoughts and ideas about Lemmy. This feedback thread is a great place to do that, as it allows for easier discussions than Github thanks to the tree-like comment structure. This is also where the community is at.

Here's how you can participate:

Post one top-level comment per complaint or suggestion about Lemmy.
Reply to comments with your own ideas or links to Github issues related to the complaints.
Be specific and constructive. Avoid vague wishes and focus on specific issues that can be fixed.
This thread is a chance for us to not only identify the biggest pain points but also work together to find the best solutions.

By creating this periodic post, we can:

Track progress on issues raised in previous threads.
See how many issues have been resolved over time.
Gauge whether the developers are responsive to user feedback.

Your input may be valuable in helping prioritize development efforts and ensuring that Lemmy continues to meet the needs of its community. Let's work together to make Lemmy even better!

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Lemmy needs a hierarchy similar to Usenet, or a way to tag each c/ with keywords to make it easier for the user or client software to block huge swaths of topics the user is not interested in.

Examples: Memes. Sports. News. Politics. Entertainment. Music.

It would improve signal to noise ratio in the All feed, allowing users to find new content they are interested in, rather than simply 100 dupes of things they are not.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

doesn't PieFed do this?

[–] rimu@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've been lurking in threads like this for 2+ years, and coding accordingly.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 4 points 2 days ago

we can tell :) keep it up

[–] Steve@communick.news 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The All feed is for All. If you don't want All don't use All.

It's designed as a White List system, with subscriptions. You pick the things you want to see.

You're asking for a Black List system, where you see everything accept what you don't want. That only works while things are small. As they grow, Black Lists become much larger, and more difficult to manage. When you get to the point where their are tens of thousands of communities, and hundreds of thousands of posts every second, they become useless.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

The All feed is useless because it’s the same meme or news story posted 100 times each day because everyone thinks they have to start their own sub for memes or news stories.