Comment on Mastodon handles lemmy communities a bit strangely, doesn't it?

skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• gedaliyah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It is definitely strange to be on a small server. I’ll be like, “wow! This post has 67 likes!” Meanwhile if I view it from a large server it will actually be 1.4k

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  • Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So does that mean that it’s unusable to host an instance on mastodon just for yourself?

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    • gedaliyah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not at all. You can still search and see everything that you federate with, but posts, likes, etc. will not populate on your server automatically unless you follow them. Otherwise, the entire fediverse would have to populate every minute on your personal server. I don’t know how Lemmy handles that.

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      • Blaze@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I don’t know how Lemmy handles that.

        You also have to subscribe to communities to get their content.

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    • shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That depends on what you want your experience to be. I run a teeny instance, don’t give a shit about a Twitter-like experience, and am happy getting content only from my direct follows. It’s great!

      If you’re expecting a deluge of bullshit from randos, definitely go register at one of the big ones instead!

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  • Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s exactly why I don’t like Mastodon.

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• Blaze@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thank you for the details

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• sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So what’s the solution in regards to threading comments rather than having them as top level toots?

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  • nutomic@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mastodon would have to implement support for this.

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    • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, we can hope at least

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  • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Use Lemmy to read Lemmy, unless Mastodon implements threading (which they probably won’t).

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    • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have a Mastodon account on a niche server that I’m slowly starting to have feelings for and I have a Lemmy account on a niche server that I have feelings for. It’s not using one for the other, it’s just about being able to have the best federated experience.

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