Oh now that you mention it, a sharable link would be a must. This would promote curated "Awesome..." repos/links.
It would be ideal if it were part of the fediverse naming convention. For example "/m/multi-subreddit-name/c/group1@domain1/c/group2@domain2/..."
It would allow full transparency, the ability to update / change it... places could even provide URL shorteners for it.
Edit 2: formatting (come'on Lemmy don't let me down)
One feature suggestion for Lemmy someone made: Create something like a multi-subreddit with Lemmy groups .
I love the idea. Basically, you could toss all the fragemented tech topics into a single multi-subreddit, giving you the ability to browse through a single topic but spanning different Lemmy installations.
It's not a website rather an app, Spotube (although it's a bit buggy) would allow you to download your play lists from various "free" sites.
I immensely appreciate your transparency on this issue and the goal to create a safe-space for people.
Originally, I didn't agree with the enacted solution... but your previous post - did add a lot of context (I'd suggest to those who don't agree with the policy change to read it first, before commenting).
I hope these moderation tools are developed quickly - so this "quick fix/nuke" can be removed.
In principle I agree with karma turned posts into people gaming the system.
However, I've heard one of the struggles for Lemmy Communities is to keep people from lurking.
Karma might be a stupid feature but it is/was a cheap way of driving participation - it could help Lemmy (especially at this early stage). Even if karma encouraged people to just up voted, it still raised visibility on the more interesting topics.
Malicious Compliant Deep Thoughts : You could create a group here on Lemmy, start topics and discussions there. Then link those Lemmy posts on Reddit. The Reddit Users will figure it out. :)
Also part of the 10+ year club (long time lurker). You're right about that "familiar sense", but for myself it comes with a forgotten sense of optimism.
Reddit's been on the decline for years before the Vitoria incident or The Great Purge... but as long as I had my niche communities, baconreader, and old.reddit.com - I could "get by"... as Reddit became more and more aggressive in selling "me as the product".
The federated and open source nature of Lemmy will solve the issue of "corporate presence", but it will require us to "roll up our sleeves" - which I find refreshing.
Understood. Since I'm coming from a development background, I guess what I'm trying to gauge is "What are the technical limitations vs cultural"... since, technical limitations are usually easier to change than cultural :)
Thank you for pointing those communities out, I just subscribed :)
As one of the many New Users/Lost Redditors: Thank you for working hard to "keep the lights" and in fostering such a welcoming community.
Thanks for sharing your perspective. Your absolutely right "opening the floodgates" would be an administrative nightmare, plus it might put you (as the admin) at some sort of legal risk.
However, maybe there's a middle-ground. Let's assume, for arguments sake, option 2 existed (some simple rules - you defined - which would cleaninly archive, purge, cull inactive channels).
Then foster/encourage people to submit small/nitch channels. Of course, it would need some sort of approval process. It could start out as a simple "blocked word list" and there after would need a manual approval. This manual process could be done by people who you believe are like-minded and "understand" what Beehaw's purpose is.
Of course, this vetted group will not always choose exactly as you would. However, community members would/could report content, which would draw attention from either you or the vetted group, which could result in the channel being revoked and purged.
If there's one thing I've witnessed at Reddit, it's the power of passionate people / Mods. They're not afraid to "roll up their sleeves" and get dirty, if they're given the chance.
I was also using jerboa (and beehaw hasn't upgraded, either).
I ended up exploring other apps and are really liking thunder (it reminds me of baconreader).
Another honorable mention is liftoff.
Tbh, I don't know why jerboa was released as "stable" but with a forced server upgrade. It seems a bit strong armed. Anyway, I'm thrilled that other applications exist, so I get the continued functionality I want w/o needing the admins to accommodate me.