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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[–] individual@toast.ooo 8 points 2 days ago (16 children)

how do I follow specific users?

[–] Steve@communick.news 7 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Use Mastodon. Lemmy is built around topics, not people.

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (10 children)

I feel as though I'm still missing something about Mastadon that others have absorbed and moved past. There was remarkably little content there, aside from the spam shotgunned into my feed by the few brand/city official accounts that I subbed to... What's the appeal? I set it to display the rando posts, but it appeared to be literally that, random shitposting the way that people scream into the void of Twitter or Bluesky...

[–] Steve@communick.news 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes exactly! It's just like Twitter or Blusky. It's 99.3% people just shouting into the void, without form or structure. You're not confused.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hashtags are pretty good.

[–] Steve@communick.news 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They really aren't.
They're a user created workaround, attempting to fix the structure-less, findability problem. Twitter embraced and officially incorporated them, because they had no better solution that wasn't completely rebuilding the entire system. They rightly new everybody would hate that.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The point of twitter is (more like was at this point) to follow people.
They're different formats completely, and one isn't inherently better than the other.

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

Agreed.
Until people started following hashtags. Then they were trying to be about more than just people, and doing it poorly. Kind of like wanting to subscribe to people on Lemmy. That's not what it's for, and just shouldn't be an option, so people know that.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

following hashtags kinda tricks people into thinking that it's going to be good, but hashtags don't trigger federation so it's a bit of a disappointment unless you're on a big instance

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