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Reddit Refugees on Lemmy, how are you guys liking lemmy so far? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

Duplicate communities should have been prohibited, or at least regulated, from the start. To me the problem is Why TF are people making a 2nd knitting community when one already exists? Instance theme isn't appropriate for the original community? Migrate it.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    You're missing the point of having a decentralized network. As long as people are allowed to spin up their own instance, duplicate communities are bound to exist. You can view both of them or choose which one you prefer.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    No, your missing the difference between can and should. We're in the fledgling stages of this Federation and already there are duplicate communities. How are these anything but an aggravation and hassle to newcomers trying to figure out what is where? You see freedom, I see obfuscation and dilution possibly to the point of absurdity.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago

    Honestly, users that can't be bothered to check and subscribe to all knitting communities (which is really easy) will be snatched away from the first corporate alternative with more polish.

    Open source applications rarely beat corporate ones in polish and ease of use; these aren't the battles we have to fight. Lemmy is already near identical to reddit once you sign up and subscribe to the communities that interest you.

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