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Are we using Lemmy correctly? (self.asklemmy)
submitted 2 years ago by _finger_ to c/[email protected]
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What I think could make Lemmy superior to Reddit is the ability to create themed-instances that are all linked together which feels like the entire point. I've noticed that a lot of instances are trying to be a catch-all Reddit replacement by imitating specific subs which is understandable given the circumstances but seems like it's not taking advantage of the full power that Lemmy could have.

Imagine for a moment that instances were more focus-based. Instead of having communities that are all mostly unrelated we had entire instances that are focused on one specific area of expertise or interest. Imagine a LOTR instance that had many sub-communities (in this case "communities" would be the wrong way to look at it, it would be more like categories) that dealt with different subjects in the LOTR universe: books, movies, lore, gaming, art, etc all in the same instance.

Imagine the types of instances that could be created with more granular categories within to better guide conversations: Baseball, Cars, Comics, Movies, Tech etc.

A tech instance could have dedicated communities for news, programming, dev, IT, Microsoft, Apple, iOS, linux. Or you could make it even more granular by having a dedicated instance for each of those because there's so many categories that could be applied to each.

What are your thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm currently working on a Lemmy mobile client and have implemented multi-accounts until it's easier to do this. Basically you can make multiple accounts on different instances and aggregate the data from them all into a single feed. It doesn't currently prioritize posting from specific accounts (you just select a primary)--I'm trying to figure out a good way to go about doing it so you can section things off 👀

[–] Sallp 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why do you need multiple accounts on different instances. You can have an account join a community on a different instance.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Same reason people have multiple accounts on other sites. You don't always want your comments on local news to intersect your comments in a professional community or your comments on a game site. Storing them on other instances is another small layer of security.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

How? I know I can follow a community but I can’t get a general feed of that instance. That’s the issue they’re solving

[–] notun 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's cool. Unfortunately, I browse on desktop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Not necessarily! I'm doing it in Flutter which can do desktop and web export (though web doesn't feel native).I only specifically called out mobile since that's what I'm targeting, but nothing stops be from putting out a desktop client

[–] notun 1 points 2 years ago

I hope by client you mean website.