order should be descending order of size.
If bigger is better, why are you here instead of Facebook and Twitter? Fedi principles and philosophy have completely escaped you. In the fedi, we consider power imbalances, privacy abuses, and exclusivity resulting from centralization to not only worsen UX but to be an injustice. Encouraging disproportionate growth in the fedi is a non-starter.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 months ago
You might prefer smaller instances; I see a lot of value in that. I myself am on an instance that’s almost identical in size to yours.
I do not see the value in smaller communities being prioritised when they each cover the same topic. If there’s !android@lemmy.world with 10,000 subscribers and !android@mypersonalinstance.net with me and my twelve mates, lemmy.world is the one the app should show people first. It wouldn’t matter to me whether that 10,000 is on lemmy.world or midwest.social, it makes sense to show users the place they’re likely to have the most interaction.
I actually didn’t realise which community I was in when I posted that previous comment, and as a user of a different instance I might not have weighed in had I done so. However I will say that:
coffeeClean@infosec.pub 6 months ago
My personal preference happens to align with fedi principles. Don’t let that consistency fool you. I’m not advocating for what’s best for me. I am saying the list should be ordered in a way that’s healthy for the fedi.
FYI, aussie.zone is centralized on a US tech giant (Cloudflare) and thus contrary to fedi principles.
That is not healthy for the federation. That imbalance is a problem that Lemmy has failed to control. The disproportionately large communities need no promotion. Too many people know about them already. They should either not be listed at all or be pushed lower on the list.
It is instance related. If you search for Android on other instances you will get different lists. Users on infosec.pub have subscribed to every Android community in existence which makes the manifestation of the problem unique to infosec.pub. The !android@hilariouschaos.com community is also federated to infosec.pub by way of my subscription. It is true to fedi principles of inclusion and decentralization, unlike those that get listed on the top. So it’s an unhealthy sequence.
The problem is in the stock Lemmy web client. The bug tracker for the Lemmy web client is jailed in MS Github’s walled garden, hence why it was originally posted in !bugs@sopuli.xyz.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 months ago
You know Cloudflare isn’t a web hosting service, right? It just sits in front of actual hosts to help with things like DDOS protection. aussie.zone is hosted in Sydney, Australia. I don’t know about those other instances you mentioned, but if your complaint is only about Cloudflare, it becomes even more ridiculous than it was on first blush.
coffeeClean@infosec.pub 6 months ago
You obviously lack a bit of knowledge about Cloudflare. I suggest reading the link you overlooked:
…noblogs.org/…/cloudflare-has-created-the-largest…
I suggest also understanding a bit about Cloudflare as an organisation:
git.kescher.at/dCF/…/rapsheet.cloudflare.md
Cloudflare is antithetical to every objective of the federation.