That's a fair point. I think in most cases I would want to be upvoting a post and all of its cross posts, but there are cases where I wouldn't want to upvote it in other communities.
For instance, a post that you like might get cross posted to something like c/facepalm. If you disagreed with that assessment, you wouldn't want your vote to be applied in that way.
Somewhat related, it would be super interesting to get a breakdown of what the votes are like on a per instance basis. Maybe some sort of pie chart.
I don't remember the exact search, but it had something to do with Star Citizen. A link to a post from that Lemmy.world community was fairly high on a DuckDuckGo search result.
Along with a few other users, I've posted some useful links and info in the community over there. It looks like that work is starting to pay off.
I find it useful to sign up for multiple accounts and then segregate those into browsing/posting habits for different categories. One for gaming (or other relaxed communities), one for science & tech, one for politics that I only occasionally dip into, one that's a voting only account, etc.
At the very least, you can take a break from communities that can easily be more toxic, whenever you want. If downvotes bother you, I would also suggest signing up with a fediverse instance that disables downvotes.
I've actually started to see some results from Lemmy.world in DuckDuckGo search results.
I've tested PieFed out for a bit, and I like what they have going on. It uses ActivityPub, just like Mastadon or Lemmy. It's mostly similar to Lemmy, but it has some additional features that are awesome:
Awesome! Thank you so much for the update and the quick turnaround. I'm definitely glad to be supporting this project.
I'm hoping the Lemmy devs work on supporting flair soon. Is the flair federated out with activity pub somehow?
Yes, but you can only select the feeds that you yourself have created. I did not create the Video Game feed, so it won't let me select that as a Parent.
I don't think the official Reddit app has ever supported this, unless it's a new feature?
Only 3rd party apps supported this, but a lot of those have been killed off. You might still be able to access this feature through old.Reddit:
https://www.reveddit.com/v/NoStupidQuestions/comments/9t50jp/what_is_a_multireddit_how_do_i_access/
I'm not sure if you meant "multi-communities".
In the fediverse, PieFed is a useful one where you can combine different communities into "feeds".
For instance, there are a bunch of different "technology" communities, but all of their posts are combined into this feed: https://piefed.social/f/tech
In android, if you go to the website, then click on the 3 dots -> Add to Homescreen -> Install
Then you'll be able to use PieFed and browse communities in the way (i think) you're asking.
Otherwise this is also possible with the Android app "Eternity" which let's you create your own "Multicommunity". The advantage to the PieFed one is that someone else has already scoured the fediverse for you and combined them.
I joined the fediverse when Reddit made their API changes.
For me, personally, I found Kbin/Mbin to be a sort of hybrid between Twitter and Reddit, and I wasn't a fan of the layout. Lemmy felt a lot more like the Reddit-like experience I was looking for.
However, PieFed then came along and it feels like Reddit, but has features that cater to the Fediverse much better than Lemmy does (such as being able to combine communities into feeds, crosspost handling,), as well as other features that are great (polls, spoiler blur for image posts, etc.).