• blarth@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    156·
    4 days ago

    LW is trying to be Reddit 2.0 with all the excessive moderation and “real” email address requirements. Hell, it might be even worse.

      • 0ops@lemm.eeEnglish
        13·
        4 days ago

        Damn that’s impressive. I guess we fedifolk are already practiced at packing up and moving when the local authority turns to shit

      • Carnelian@lemmy.worldEnglish
        121·
        4 days ago

        I may say this as a LW user, but LBZ feels like home and the whole community was rightfully pretty hurt about the 196 drama. Glad everyone stood together and made it clear what was up, and that Ada’s work in particular is much appreciated

    • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      In another month or so when LW updates (the synching issue will actually be delayed even further beyond that they said), will this really be as much of an issue anymore?

      If they want to provide hosting services, then let them? We can always move if we don’t like them, and let’s face it that some of those giant communities are fairly toxic and would remain so wherever they go.

      Then again perhaps I am speaking of things that I do not know here: out of the top 10 communities listed there, I am not subscribed to any of them.

    • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      Nah, we just need native lemmy filters, us non americans wouldn’t be missing out on much anyway. (better rules too, we need those)

      Most news containing them is just clickbait and always shit like “trump says” “trump slams”

      • nutomic@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        If you dont want to see those type of posts, then you can follow communities which dont include them. And block any instances/communities you dont like so they disappear from /all. You can also create your own community with your own rules, or your own instance. Neither of these things is difficult, they just need time and determination.

        @gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de

        • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          Some people post US politics on general communities. I have like a 100 communities blocked and I still see them.

          It sucks because those communities aren’t all politics so I’d have to block the good content too.

        • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          I like your ideas. Not gonna lie i kind of didn’t take this seriously but i mean, what’s stopping anyone? If i learn how tf lemmy internally works i could add a feature or two that helps us non USians 😎

          • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            I’m not sure a filter would actually work that well. For example, it might block out Trump and Musk, but then a new keyboard keyword appears, and having to manually re-adjust the filtering all the time quickly becomes tedious.

            Instead, it should probably be based on instances (for example, block a whole instance), communities (whitelist/blocklist communities), or some kind of more complicated recommendation algorithm, but i don’t know how that would work, or how to make it “unbiased” and fair.

            • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
              2·
              2 days ago

              I’m not sure a filter would actually work that well. For example, it might block out Trump and Musk, but then a new keyboard appears

              I’m assuming you mean keyword? If so, it shouldn’t be too bad. Just add on to it, and if you see more, add more. The real problem are image posts (ie normal title but image of trump or musk) you’d need to use an AI for that

              Instead, it should probably be based on instances (for example, block a whole instance), communities (whitelist/blocklist communities)

              Unfortunately some people post US politics on general communities, so even then you’re not safe. I wouldn’t block general comms just because some people ruin the fun for everyone else.

              • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
                2·
                2 days ago

                I guess making new instances gives us the chance to block certain topics from the start, setting in new moderators that can maybe be more stringent on keeping the community fun.

                • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
                  2·
                  1 day ago

                  Starting a new instance is no easy task, let alone a community alone 😆

                  Though you’ll always get those “everything is political” mfs (see this post), who just insist on greying every single space with [US] politics. Usually they can be banned easily.

                  Though if that were to be made, i’d probably switch to it, lol.

  • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    I don’t know if LW is too big, but there is such a thing a too big. Ideally no single instance should have to use “federation-style” synchronization within itself. Below that size economies of scale might justify growth, above… not so much.