What are some communities you’ve subscribed to, even though there are only a handful of posts, hoping that it will one day be active?

  • @C3ltic
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    61 year ago

    I recently ran into the problem where I signed up on a different federation or whatever and had to jump through a few hoops to get subscribed to the community I wanted.

    I get that that’s part of the allure of Lemmy but it’s also a stumbling block. I can’t just go to any community and sign up at the click of a button. Hopefully there’s a workaround for this soon or I imagine a lot of lazy users like myself will just look elsewehere.

    • @themeltingclock
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      1 year ago

      The apps I’ve tried thus far on iOS make this process much easier than the web clients. I think with a little refinement, most users could have a “reddit-esque” experience without fully knowing how the federation works under the hood.

      • @mookulator
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        11 year ago

        Which apps? I can only find ones in beta

    • @DoctorTYVM
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      31 year ago

      I hate it when the community I want to join is spread across like five different instances with varying levels of activity and user count. Wish we could just Pick one and make it The One community.

      • @ElectroVagrantM
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        1 year ago

        I understand the desire for that, but tbh I’d be just as happy with something like Reddit’s multi-reddits to round up multiple similar communities in one feed. I appreciate the subtle differences that communities around the same topic can have simply by slight variations in their focuses.