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What is something lemmy can improve upon? (midwest.social)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Is there a way to watch old threads? I want to tag an empty discussion, get notifications when it becomes active (maybe digest mode to avoid spam)

I have FOMO on good content that isn't active yet.

Is this already a thing? FYI using sync app most of the time.

[–] flambonkscious 2 points 8 months ago

I just use another app that doesn't hide read posts - it's a shitty workaround and really only functions for my local communities with little turnover, though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I just save them (I use Voyager) and look back later at my saved posts (or comments).

[–] Socsa 2 points 8 months ago

For a technology which was born because of petty censorship on Reddit, the main Lemmy instance sure does do a lot of petty censorship.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The steam engine.

Brainstorm phase, go:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What if instead of boiling steam we utilise the combustion of some sort of liquid coal to move the pistons?