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> and the local timeline is full of To me this highlights my top issue with fediverse replacements for sites like Twitter & Reddit. I always want to be able t

by jghn 3y ago

> and the local timeline is full of To me this highlights my top issue with fediverse replacements for sites like Twitter & Reddit. I always want to be able to see everything. I do not care a single bit about the "local timeline" of my Mastodon instance (also hachyderm.io here). I have no desire to choose a Lemmy server based on its population. The thing I like most about sites like Reddit & Twitter is that they provide me with boundless one stop shopping, and I can choose to ignore things I don't want to see at any particular point of time.

Pet_Ant 3y ago
I think a better model might be that there is one central raw feed, that is universal but that instances just prefilter it for you. That way you can have the raw sewage with spam, or you can view a sensitized version that filters for content, or trigger warnings, or even just users. So it's like a single DB table with many views. So EdgeLord420_69 can see and even respond to comments by PrincessSnowflake... but PrincessSnowflake won't see EdgeLord420_69 comments because PrincessSnowflake is using a view that uses a user whitelist of known safe respectful commentators.
- jghn 3y ago
  Yeah this is a solution that would remove my own complaint as then I could choose an instance that either has no filter or is only applying something like standard spam filtering. I don't really care if other people don't have the ability to see what *I* have to say, I just want the ability to see what *they* say.
- youainti 3y ago
  I understand that this is the approach being taken by bluesky social.
nerdbert 3y ago
Same here. I was immediately turned off from Mastodon and even more from Lemmy by my initial interaction with them. As soon as I tried to get involved, I was required to pick from a list of instances with weird-looking descriptions and make myself a member of one of them. That's a lot more commitment than Reddit or Twitter asks me for, and it was enough to stop me from proceeding.

by jghn 3y ago

Pet_Ant 3y ago

I think a better model might be that there is one central raw feed, that is universal but that instances just prefilter it for you. That way you can have the raw sewage with spam, or you can view a sensitized version that filters for content, or trigger warnings, or even just users. So it's like a single DB table with many views. So EdgeLord420_69 can see and even respond to comments by PrincessSnowflake... but PrincessSnowflake won't see EdgeLord420_69 comments because PrincessSnowflake is using a view that uses a user whitelist of known safe respectful commentators.

jghn 3y ago
Yeah this is a solution that would remove my own complaint as then I could choose an instance that either has no filter or is only applying something like standard spam filtering. I don't really care if other people don't have the ability to see what *I* have to say, I just want the ability to see what *they* say.
youainti 3y ago
I understand that this is the approach being taken by bluesky social.

nerdbert 3y ago

Same here. I was immediately turned off from Mastodon and even more from Lemmy by my initial interaction with them. As soon as I tried to get involved, I was required to pick from a list of instances with weird-looking descriptions and make myself a member of one of them. That's a lot more commitment than Reddit or Twitter asks me for, and it was enough to stop me from proceeding.