Over the past few days, I’ve witnessed a remarkable surge in the number of communities on browse.feddit.de. What started with 2k communities quickly grew to 4k, and now it has reached an astonishing 8k. While this exponential growth signifies a thriving platform, it also brings forth challenges such as increased fragmentation and the emergence of echo chambers. To tackle these issues, I propose the implementation of a Cross-Instance Automatic Multireddit feature within Lemmy. This feature aims to consolidate posts from communities with similar topics across all federated instances into a centralized location. By doing so, we can mitigate community fragmentation, counter the formation of echo chambers, and ultimately foster stronger community engagement. I welcome any insights or recommendations regarding the optimal implementation of this feature to ensure its effectiveness and success.
I’m confused. Are you one of the lemmy devs? Have you talked to them about prioritizing this? If not, who’s going to make it work? It’s all well and good to propose things, but unless someone is going to be able to code it up and integrate it with what’s already there, it’s kinda like pissing in the wind.
I’m not trying to piss in your cornflakes, but you’re proposing weeks to months of work that may be moot without stability and scalability being solidified first.
Or is this a call for developers to jump into this proposed project, and I’m misunderstanding?