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Which lemmy community do you wish had more attention? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What are some communities you've subscribed to, even though there are only a handful of posts, hoping that it will one day be active?

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

I recently ran into the problem where I signed up on a different federation or whatever and had to jump through a few hoops to get subscribed to the community I wanted.

I get that that's part of the allure of Lemmy but it's also a stumbling block. I can't just go to any community and sign up at the click of a button. Hopefully there's a workaround for this soon or I imagine a lot of lazy users like myself will just look elsewehere.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The apps I’ve tried thus far on iOS make this process much easier than the web clients. I think with a little refinement, most users could have a “reddit-esque” experience without fully knowing how the federation works under the hood.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hate it when the community I want to join is spread across like five different instances with varying levels of activity and user count. Wish we could just Pick one and make it The One community.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I understand the desire for that, but tbh I'd be just as happy with something like Reddit's multi-reddits to round up multiple similar communities in one feed. I appreciate the subtle differences that communities around the same topic can have simply by slight variations in their focuses.