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Fediverse Frustration: The Homogeneous World of Lemmy Feeds (reddthat.com)

submitted 7 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/fediverse

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Fellow Fediverse wanderers, I've got a bone to pick with our current Lemmy experience. 🌐

The "All" Feed Syndrome

Has anyone else noticed how painfully similar the "All" feed looks across different Lemmy instances? It's like we're browsing the same curated content, just with different window dressings. The posts, upvotes, and discussions feel completely uniform - a far cry from the diverse, decentralized dream I signed up for.

The Dream vs. Reality

What I imagined:

A small film-focused instance with an "All" feed curated by passionate cinephiles
A German instance showcasing content relevant to German users
Niche communities with truly unique content bubbles

What we got:

Homogenized content across instances
US-centric discussions dominating global communities
The illusion of decentralization without the benefits

My Wishlist: Local Votes Only

What I'm craving is a simple setting that would:

Filter posts based ONLY on local instance votes
Showcase truly instance-specific content
Break the algorithmic echo chamber
Highlight unique community perspectives

Imagine seeing genuinely different content on lemmy.world vs sh.itjust.works vs [your favorite instance]. Right now, it feels like we're just shuffling the same deck of cards.

A Call to Developers

Is this technically feasible? Would love to hear from the community about:

Potential implementation challenges
Interest in such a feature
Alternative solutions to content diversity

Who's with me in wanting a more genuinely decentralized browsing experience? 🚀

#lemmy #fediverse #decentralization

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Strongly disagree. This is just recreating what already exists, using a technology that's actually not great for it. Each website's connections should in some way resemble what that website is tailored to. And we don't need a network of websites that are tailored to "looking exactly like every other website, because we couldn't be arsed to pick a niche".

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Well, I strongly disagree right back.

Especially smaller instances regularly have reliability or federation issues, so it's vital for me to be able to hop to an alt account and still get the same all feed.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago

And we don’t need a network of websites that are tailored to “looking exactly like every other website, because we couldn’t be arsed to pick a niche”.

That's the whole point of the Fediverse, and Lemmy instances. Mastodon instances look like each other, to an extend.

And even here, https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/ and https://lemmy.world/ default themes look different.

If you want a truly different layout, there is https://fedia.io/m/floatingisfun

But that's a unique case, because Mbin allows community-based themes