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Would it be better or worse if cross-posts joined their comments from their different communities? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/iaskeveryoneanything@lemm.ee

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Cross-posting has struck me as a little strange and I think maybe this is a part of it.

Doesn't it benefit larger communities more than smaller ones by keeping the activity in a larger one, since they can comment there rather than go to the smaller community? 🤔

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I have pondered a similar idea.

Maybe something client side, where same named communities get merged into one as a view.

But lemmy to me, who browses /all/new, has a terrible problem with “spam” - valid posts in some cases but one person posting the same thing to 20 communities and overwhelming the feed

[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

But lemmy to me, who browses /all/new, has a terrible problem with “spam” - valid posts in some cases but one person posting the same thing to 20 communities and overwhelming the feed

Also sometimes "spam" with a bunch of posts to a single community by someone really trying to liven it up via posts alone. Something I sorta understand but how often has that worked for any online community? 🤨

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Worse, different communities have different focuses and moderation styles.

[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's one of the big downsides that occurred to me as I wrote this. Similar issue with trying to merge any similar but distinct communities

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

I would be okay with it being opt-in on third-party clients as long as it was clearly apparent which comments were from a discussion on another community and perhaps going as far as not allowing interaction, or at least voting, without navigating to the comment on its native community.