What kinds of things from reddit would you like to see Lemmy avoid as the user base grows?
Personally I think not having karma limits is nice currently! I understand why they were used but grinding karma as a lurker on reddit was frustrating.
i literally got a dm saying "i'm horny" like 30 seconds ago.... and there's a pun like 6 comments below yours, and meta humor like 5 comments above yours.
what i mean is, lmao, if that's what you think you're getting away from, i'm sorry to inform you that you have failed :)
A relatively small thing: the 500-comment viewing limit for normal accounts. So many times on Reddit I’ve been put off engaging with posts with 500+ comments knowing that nobody would see it. It’s stupid because comments are just text and unless the software design is absolutely terrible then simple text comments shouldn’t take up bandwidth at all.
Getting banned in one subreddit you never participated in for daring to have a comment (regardless of the content of that comment) in another subreddit.
The fact that opening a new instance still requires some technical knowledge is a difficulty facing the fediverse, since the venn diagram of people with the time and know-how to manage server administration and people who are knowledgeable on community moderation aren't always two concentric circles.
But that's not a task that is asked of a general user, even if their goal is to switch servers. If you don't like gmail, the solution for an individual is almost never to start your own email server.
This is why I love the idea of Federation. You can give them their own space to shout and fling their faeces as much as they want but absolutely nobody is required to give them an audience.
They main instances have taken strong stances against nazi shit. The Lemmy developers are leftwing communists even, and they run lemmy.ml, so I don’t think defederating from servers who’ll platform nazis is unlikely.
Here's to hoping that "preemptive bans" dont become a thing. Being banned from a sub just because you've commented in another sub the first one doesn't like shouldn't be a thing.
Like yeah, some subs turn into absolute cesspools, but if you're not actively contributing to that cesspit and instead maybe trying to provide a factual viewpoint, it shouldn't be held against you.
Luckily as I understand it, with this whole "federation" thing, people can choose to simply just not federate with the sketchier places.
Drowning out nuance, expertise, and long-form content.
The algorithm will promote content with 20 upvotes in 1 hour over one with 50 upvotes in 5 hours. Due to this, content which takes a long time to digest are always hidden compared to short-form media or short comments.
Additionally, there is no way to distinguish an ignorant user's comments from one who has expertise in the area they are commenting on.
Finally, as the algorithm treats every vote equally, media and comments which appeal to the common person is what is promoted. (Often called the "hivemind"). In some cases, this works well, but in others it promotes comments which are short, definitive, and align with what people want to hear.
I would like to avoid the names of any of the various protocols, services or websites becoming synonymous with bigotry and violence. The name "reddit" never lost the stigma. If I would mention it to someone IRL they immediately think of gamergate, thedonald, gendercrticial, fappening, upskirts, or whatever. It evoked a sense of menace and I would always have to explain what I was even doing on such a website.
So far I think most people who have heard of the fediverse are too confused about it to have any opinion although there are instances which have comparable content to the above. Hopefully there will not be any big terrible events out of those which will create a bad association in peoples' minds.
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