@shepherd Yeah I'm not sure of an appropriate solution either.
These may not even need to be merged, but maybe there is a way to just display one thread and link all identical links as a "cross-post" within the thread? That way we're just seeing a single aggregated link without a bunch of spam? Something like this:
@shepherd I fear that is easier said than done. I frequent /ALL most of the time, and new communities pop up pretty consistently. Unsubscribing from a seeming endless torrent of new instances and communities is tedious and probably futile in the long run. It would at least require a lot of constant curating to keep up with it.
If we were to aggregate identical links into a single thread with hyperlinks to the crossposts - it would allow much the same functionality without requiring each user to manually exclude large parts of the fedi.
Let me preface this comment with: I haven't written code in decades, so I'm not sure what is or is not possible. 😆
That being said, you're probably right about different links to the same content on different sites - but I don't understand why the same link from different users can't be flagged as the same content and aggregated as well?
I understand there is only so much that can be done on the backend to curb spam, the rest would likely have to be controlled through moderation. Maybe when significant events happen we can have moderators pin a "megathread" like /r/politics does where dozens of sites are running the same story?
This is SO much better than the default thread view, I love it. Thank you!
One tiny nitpick though, is there any way I can add back in the small padding between user comments to keep each comment chain separate? Right now it looks like one big comment chain.
Is it normal that posts from other instances aren't synchronising to my home instance? I know that federation can be slow, but it's been several days since I subscribed to the instance and still nothing is showing up. The same has happened with other communities as well....
I've only interacted with Lemmy a few times from a PC, but I can definitely say it looks better your way. I found the webUI frustrating - but it's still in its infantile stage so I can't fault the devs.
This is pretty funny, but I still think it would piss investors off more if there was just a mass influx of gay porn without nsfw tags in every sub after the mod tools break. Hard to get advertisers that way. 🤷
It's interesting that this story is being picked up by business news sites now. I don't know if that's good or bad, but it's at least catching the business world's attention.
The current behavior (I'm using the web client) as it is displays self-post as (kbin.social) under the thread title. Not sure if it is the result of a fallback behavior....
I don't know how it should change, but definitely needs to. I don't understand why posts have kbin.social directly after the title, when the post is actually on lemmy.world for example. The only way I know I'm replying to a lemmy post on their instance is by checking the top bar...
@Otome If I view this link on mobile or pc, I see everything that is posted there - but I do not see any of that in my All or Subscribed feed "frontpage" anymore. I'm subscribed to several communities on lemmynsfw that should be showing in my feed but are not there.
Is there a way to combine identical links?
OC Improved Collapsible Comments - Script that lets you collapse replies by clicking a line to the side of each comment
Download it from greasyfork...
Hello from Lemmy! How’s life there over on the other side on Kbin?
Attempt #2
Community for everything Expanse related. Books, TV Series, Comics, Games and more
https://lemmy.ca/c/theexpanse...
Other communities aren't federating properly?
Is it normal that posts from other instances aren't synchronising to my home instance? I know that federation can be slow, but it's been several days since I subscribed to the instance and still nothing is showing up. The same has happened with other communities as well....
An attempt to make Lemmy look better (github.com)
Reddit refugee here....
New protest method (www.reddit.com)
Rule 1: All Posts Must Be About Vacuum Cleaners...
OC Currently bare so I'll post an old fave
CA 018 by Ashot Avetisyan (lemmy.world)
Source...
Reddit CEO defiant as moderator strike shutters thousands of forums: 'We made a business decision that we’re not negotiating on' (fortune.com)
"Protest and dissent is important,” Reddit CEO Steve Huffman told the AP. “The problem with this one is it’s not going to change anything."
different types of eggs (feddit.de)
Reddit loses users and money for ignoring the complaints of its own users (freakspot.net)
This is a translation of an article I've just written in Spanish. If there is any error, let me know.
Intercourse is always rape (witchwind.wordpress.com)
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/620581...
Self post should be displayed as the instance where the user is from, not kbin.social
The current behavior (I'm using the web client) as it is displays self-post as (kbin.social) under the thread title. Not sure if it is the result of a fallback behavior....
Self Cleaning Public Restroom (pixelfed.social)
How you remove an ex from your family picture with Photoshop (pixelfed.social)
What Reddit features do you *not* want kbin to have?
in what ways do you think kbin should strive to be different from Reddit?
cutting pizza in a way to avoid cutting peperoni (feddit.de)