Would it be possible, or even desirable, to post a single thread to multiple communities? I was just looking back on the idea by /u/AgreeableLandscape for privacy violation tracking and ended up in the /c/privacy version, which was dead, instead of the /c/libre_community version with a decent number of comments. I am not saying I think it should be a certain way, just throwing spaghetti at the wall.

Edit: complete half formed thoughts

Edit2: learned about mentions and links on lemmy

  • gix
    2·
    5 years ago

    Moderation would be the main challenge. If the same content is posted to multiple communities with opposing viewpoints, it would likely become a wasteland due to moderator infighting.

    • DessalinesA
      2·
      5 years ago

      This. Different communities are going to have different mods, userbases, votes on a post, etc. “Merging” doesn’t really make sense when you factor those in.

      Also I pretty much built lemmy that posts have a parent community / belong to a community.

    • k_o_t
      1·
      5 years ago

      I think it would be interesting to participate in those discussions. If one would want to avoid the said moderation issue, one just wouldn’t post to multiple communities at the same time… simple

      • gix
        3·
        5 years ago

        Moderation issues aren’t usually a concern for the person making the post, they tend to crop up a few hours later when the arguments start - by which point the ship has already sailed. From a technical standpoint, how such a post would be moderated is something that would need careful consideration.