Comment on Hypothesis: Insufficient moderation tools lead to instance protectionism, which leads to a decline in the overall discussion quality on Lemmy

• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yes, what I mean is instead of having separate forums for everything, a Reddit/Lemmy type platform where people can create their own community to start threads. So if I wanted I could create a tractor community with sub communities for different brands and in there would be a single discussion to discuss a specific model, but my credentials would also allow me to go on the cooking community, in the baking sub community to take part in a discussion on strawberry shortcakes that’s been going on for months…

  Reddit type “forums” just lead to the same questions/content being posted again and again and if you know a lot about a subject and just happen to miss the one time someone asks a question about it then that discussion is lost to time.

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  • Scew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ah, I see what you mean. I feel like that adds a lot of moderation overhead though because it needs people there to stop nefarious grave-digging.

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    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Instead of resurrecting old posts, on Reddit/Lemmy you have people asking the same question again and again and again… On the cars subreddit you have the same “most interesting 5k$ car for sale around where you live” post getting created every few weeks, on a bulletin board you would have a single thread and people would just post new stuff when it comes out, the thread would come back to the top of the community’s front page and those interested would go check the newer reply…

      I’m honestly surprised how many people that reply to me don’t seem to have experienced bulletin boards considering they’re still the place that “experts” hang on for most things (vs Reddit that is a better fit for enthusiasts that don’t want very technical info)…

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      • Scew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Cheers, still use forums for very granular info. I think it’s more of a scale issue. If you put the volume of users on these niche forums as are on reddit/lemmy, I think the multi-post nonsense would ensue. I remember having to tell a lot of people to use the search in forums. Sounds similar.

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  • Sunforged@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Kind of like if there was a Lemmy Star Trek server and it hosted a bunch of communities with different topics that are all related to Star Trek?

    The architecture is in place to do what you’re talking about. Just needs the right people to adopt the approach over time.

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    • shagie@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Lemmy Star Trek server

      That would be startrek.website

      • !risa@startrek.website – Memes
      • !startrek@startrek.website – General trek discussion
      • !quarks@startrek.website – Trek adjacent discussion
      • !daystrominstitute@startrek.website – In-depth trek discussion
      • !startrekonline@startrek.website – Startrek Online - the game.

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    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes and no, the bulletin board system leads to more in depth discussions than anything you’ll ever get on the Reddit system of discussions that don’t get bumped…

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      • Sunforged@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That’s just a function of how the host server sorts posts. I am fairly sure that functionality could be implemented without the need to even fork the version.

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• marcos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Some things like federated identities, or even federated content would go a long way into making forums a thing again.

  I still think lemmy could use a “community type” enum where you can say what kind of discussion you want there.

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