A user checking out one of these URLs does not want to filter only local post on that instance.
On all instances, this url should mean “show me all /c/piracy on all federated instances”
If you really mean /c/piracy only on that instance, then add something to the url.
The current convention breaks the most important aspect of federation and makes its vestigial appendage.
The current way has user asking question /c/piracy, but on which instance ?
So now they’ll all join the same instance . You wouldn’t post anywhere else since no one would every see it.
It’s a recipe for centralization.
I think this is obvious to most users, were deal with “voat with extra steps” here
I’ve been saying this for a few days now, but alas! Downvoted, scoffed. I just don’t get it. I am not advocating for anything other than true decentralization, which is broken in more than one way with the lemmyverse. Defederation is not even the issue. No, I don’t want nazi communities. No, I don’t have anything against admins. I just want to see the system work as it’s touted to work. People are so protective of their communities, and rightfully so, but we need to think hard about the differences between moderation and exclusion. One can foster a safe community, the other will just isolate.
I was talking about this with friends. I think that as the userbase grows, we’ll reach the point of specific communities being like the “main” sub for that topic. Like, right now I’m subbed to 5 or 6 different “games” or “gaming” communities. Eventually, I think whichever instance ends up with the largest one will essentially become that default you’re looking for.
That said, I don’t think forcing it by collapsing alternate communities on different instances into one is the right way to proceed, because that may not be inevitable. I mean, maybe the gaming@programming.dev culture is different enough from the games@lemmy.world one? We had r/games, gaming, truegamers, gaming4gamers, girlgamers etc etc on reddit, you know?
tldr: I think that, while communities for specific topics slowly shifting towards one mega-community seems likely, there’s a space for different smaller ones with different moderation and culture here too.