In theory something like a !gaming community could crop up on multiple large instances, especially during the mass exodus while instances are getting hammered with spikes in volume.

If that's the case, we'll have fragmented communities across instances. Is there any way besides subscribing to each of them to combine them into a sort of multi-reddit type aggregation? Or is this considered a temporary (albeit important to adoption) problem during the crazy stages?

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[–] SeaPancake@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I like to think of it as a bunch of Discord servers (in a way). Each server is run by the owner / their moderation and can have different channels and rules in said server.

The idea of a "super community" doesnt seem like a bad one, but I'd rather have it be an aggregation of said communities then making it all one thing.

... Like maybe super list of c/aww communities that you can subscribe to at once.

[–] possibleHipster@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just want to say thanks for this discord analogy. It is way more accurate and effective than that "email" analogy I've been seeing

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Email explains how instances work really well, since an email domain functions like how instances tagging does.

Communities are a different story, there isn't a good analogue to that.

[–] CannaVet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm certainly not opposed to a way to make personal aggregate.......things, but the problem is these people want it to be done by the service/devs/whatever. They aren't asking for an ability to pick and choose communities to build a personal "super community" for themselves client side, they want all the c/aww's to be automatically pulled together by a central authority - the thing they're fleeing and came here for the lack of.

I've heard people are working on 1 for 1 Reddit clones, and I'd really like to see those people just go support those projects instead of getting mad that the thing advertising a lack of central authority has no central authority and demanding devs "LiStEn To ThEiR uSeRs" and institute one.

[–] gmmxle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

but the problem is these people want it to be done by the service/devs/whatever.

I'll give people the benefit of the doubt. Coming from a centralized service means people are used to things working in a certain way, and they may just not have considered all the advantages of not being forced into a single, centralized service.

[–] CannaVet@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can get that, and have been overall understanding. I've been trying to do my part to explain this isn't that - it's the uptick in hostility over it that has me irate. "I don't get it," "not for me," all fine. "Devs need to make it work like Reddit or else" can fuck off.

[–] gmmxle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I hear you. Yes, not a fan of people being hostile just because something is different.

I'm just hoping that people who enjoy this experience will stay and that more people who also like this experience will join, and that people who want everything to be exactly like Reddit will return to Reddit or to some Reddit-like platform that works exactly like Reddit.