Good idea to link that one too, but this is a feature on Lemmy to have multiple communities with the same topic, no centralization so we aren’t just reliant on one instance. For more niche topics, it might make sense so small communities don’t get even more fragmented. However for communities like gaming, a broad topic, it should be fine to have on multiple instances
Honestly, I would argue that it’s more of a “bug” of Lemmy than a feature because it leads to fragmentation of communities. But we will have to see how Lemmy evolves now that we reddit refugees are all here.
However, it can be said also that fragmentation is a feature too. It may not make sense for small communities with a small user base already. The point is that for communities like gaming, there would be multiple big gaming communities over time.
This is Lemmy, not Reddit and it being decentralized means that it gives people choice. If you don’t like the rules or how a certain community is being run, there are other ones to go too and there is not one “right” option.
While Reddit was built for centralization, Lemmy was not. It was built for federation. By calling it a “bug”, you are missing a huge portion of the reason it is that way, since it is working as intended, but I hope this comment makes you understand it better
Good idea to link that one too, but this is a feature on Lemmy to have multiple communities with the same topic, no centralization so we aren’t just reliant on one instance. For more niche topics, it might make sense so small communities don’t get even more fragmented. However for communities like gaming, a broad topic, it should be fine to have on multiple instances
Honestly, I would argue that it’s more of a “bug” of Lemmy than a feature because it leads to fragmentation of communities. But we will have to see how Lemmy evolves now that we reddit refugees are all here.
However, it can be said also that fragmentation is a feature too. It may not make sense for small communities with a small user base already. The point is that for communities like gaming, there would be multiple big gaming communities over time.
This is Lemmy, not Reddit and it being decentralized means that it gives people choice. If you don’t like the rules or how a certain community is being run, there are other ones to go too and there is not one “right” option.
While Reddit was built for centralization, Lemmy was not. It was built for federation. By calling it a “bug”, you are missing a huge portion of the reason it is that way, since it is working as intended, but I hope this comment makes you understand it better