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(Lemmy) cannot cross-post to !android@hilariouschaos.com b/c the pull-down list is clusterfucked with Cloudflare sites (infosec.pub)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by coffeeClean@infosec.pub to c/bugs@sopuli.xyz

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The cross-post mechanism has a limitation whereby you cannot simply enter a precise community to post to. Users are forced to search and select. When searching for “android” on infosec.pub within the cross-post page, the list of possible communities is totally clusterfucked with shitty centralized Cloudflare instances (lemmy world, sh itjust works, lemm ee, programming dev, etc). The list of these junk instances is so long !android@hilariouschaos.com does not make it to the list.

The workaround is of course to just create a new post with the same contents. And that is what I will do.

There are multiple bugs here:
① First of all, when a list of communities is given in this context, the centralized instances should be listed last (at best) because they are antithetical to fedi philosophy.
② Subscribed communities should be listed first, at the top
③ Users should always be able to name a community in its full form, e.g.:

[!android@hilariouschaos.com](/c/android@hilariouschaos.com)
hilariouschaos.com/android

④ Users should be able to name just the instance (e.g. hilariouschaos.com) and the search should populate with subscribed communities therein.

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