I remember what the standardising committee did to XMPP: users wanted to share photos, send files, and make audio/video calls; XMPP said “we’re not going to standardize that, but each application can use its own extensions”… then it all went to hell.
Downvotes mean your comment is more likely to get removed by a mod, and you’re more likely to get banned.
I don’t like either of your tones. You’re both probably some of those people from a different country, who vote for some other parties. /s
Lemmy lets you block users and communities, some Lemmy apps also let you block instances and keywords.
The federated nature also means it’s a big set of interacting niches, which hasn’t really been done before.
Do you subscribe to games and memes communities, read Local, or the All feed?
Keep in mind there is no automatic filter to clickbait you in All, it’s up to you to “be the filter”.
If the free GitHub scripts from the other comment don’t work for you, Sync has it as a paid option.
beehaw and sh.itjust.works just rub me the wrong way during first impressions
They’re pretty descriptive: do you want a place to “behave”, or would you rather fling removed at each other?
This isn’t Reddit, you get to pick your experience. Can even sign up to more than one instance, each with different rules!
We also need super-communities that pull in content from multiple communities/instances
Apps do that, including some web app.
Search and migrations could be improved, though.
Does it take into account instance rules like language, moderation, or whether it’s a personal instance hosted on a raspi that may go down at any moment?
Who’s paying him? Seriously: