Over the past few days, I’ve witnessed a remarkable surge in the number of communities on browse.feddit.de. What started with 2k communities quickly grew to 4k, and now it has reached an astonishing 8k. While this exponential growth signifies a thriving platform, it also brings forth challenges such as increased fragmentation and the emergence of echo chambers. To tackle these issues, I propose the implementation of a Cross-Instance Automatic Multireddit feature within Lemmy. This feature aims to consolidate posts from communities with similar topics across all federated instances into a centralized location. By doing so, we can mitigate community fragmentation, counter the formation of echo chambers, and ultimately foster stronger community engagement. I welcome any insights or recommendations regarding the optimal implementation of this feature to ensure its effectiveness and success.
It’s possible, it’s one of the downsides of being federated. The instances are moderated independendently, there is no central authority that enforces law or morals. It’s great to avoid things like what happened to Reddit, but stuff like that can and will show up. You can always block instances to avoid seeing them, if you want.
How does one block an instance as a user? I thought only instances can block other instances.
Seconding this, I keep coming across Portuguese things and I don’t speak Portuguese.
Maybe this is your sign to learn Portuguese…
Mas não conheço ninguém que fale português para conversar. Se eu quisesse aprender um idioma, deveria escolher um local para realmente usá-lo.
Holy shit that was fast. I didn’t know Lemmy had a language extension feature.
My bad, I meant community. You can block communities individually. For blocking instances as a user there’s an open issue on Lemmy’s GitHub, but I believe it’s not going to be implemented anytime soon.