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[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Can't follow group posts only. When you follow a group/community in Lemmy you see all of the posts and replies made in that group (via automatic boosts), which can quickly clutter up your feed. I can't find a simple way to only show new posts and not all the replies. So now I mainly browse Lemmy on its own instance page and only drop into Mastodon to make replies and upvotes.

yeah, I tried following one Lemmy community through my Mastodon account once, and it was a nightmare with all the replies made in the community boosted out of context to my feed. and that was about 2 years ago, today it would be even more unbearable.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel like it's usable if you follow the community and strictly assign it to its own list. So the posts in the community only show up in the mastodon list.

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So the posts in the community only show up in the mastodon list.

the problem is that you don't get only posts, as mentioned in the part of the post that I quoted. if you follow til@lemmy.world from a Mastodon account, you get an endless list of all comments made in the community, without any context, sorted chronologically.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

this is what I get when I follow !technology@lemmy.world from Mastodon:

a list of completely random comments made in the Technology community

and it just keeps going on and on.

there's no way of knowing which thread they're from, without explicitly clicking on each and every one to view the context (spoiler alert: every comment from that screenshot is from a different post). it's just not a viable to browse the content of the community, regardless of whether it's assigned to a separate list or not.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 8 points 2 weeks ago

Mbin is designed to support both reasonably on one account.

[–] Steve@communick.news 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I didn't read it, but I'm guessing the answer is: Don't.
It sounds like a real bad idea.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Then I suggest you read it. Or at least look at the example posts. They're quite ordinary. Lol

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

They are ordinary Mastodon posts that happen to be on Lemmy, you mean. Everyone on a thread getting tagged on every comment and hashtags aren't the Lemmy norm.

I've blocked most Mastodon posts on Lemmy, but it's not because they are "bad". Its just that if I wanted short-form social media, I would go to Mastodon directly.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 4 points 2 weeks ago

You can do this on Mbin too

Check out fedia.io or kbin.earth to check it out.