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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[–] PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Allowing a user-configurable option to sort posts based solely on the current instance would address this by making the content feed more localized and personalized, helping each instance maintain its unique character and fostering community discovery without being overshadowed by larger instances.

[–] Steve@communick.news 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

That's exactly what the Local feed is for.
If you don't want All, don't use All. Because All will give you All, not just Local. If you want Local, use Local.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

For me, the issue is the lack of an ability to view the local of a different instance.

I'm on Lemmy.World. You're on Communick.News.

If I want to view the local on Communick.News, I can't. I have to create an account there. And if I want to view the local on Lemmy.World I need to log out of your instance, and log in over here.

Now here's the bigger issue. Lets say I can click a button, and now a home instance, and all its communities could be saved to a special drop down tab that replaces the local. Your instance is always the default, but the rest are alphabetically listed.

So now that solves that, but we run into the next issue.

What makes Communick.News different from Lemmy.World?

See, if I had a Lemmy.Nintendo instance, it could have 50 different communities of different Nintendo stuff.

Then you could have Lemmy.Linux and have all the linux communities.

And sure, it's decentralized so maybe Linux.paradise also exists and has some of the same communities.

The idea isn't to centralize the instances. The idea is to theme them.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Reddit did this with multi-reddits. PieFed does this with categories of communities, Topic areas that are user customizable and shareable. Lemmy does not do this readily, although Blaze managed it... by making 50 different accounts, one per instance.

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