I am still new to Lemmy and don’t understand some things.

One is: Why do I have to subscribe to a whole channel if I want to only write about one specific thing?

It just doesn’t make sense to me, because it will just pollute my timeline with stuff I really want to see. If I have an opinion on one thing, but will see everything about this topic in my timeline, the timeline will be useless after a few days.

Thanks for your help.

    • maxmoonOP
      11·
      2 years ago

      This is the most un-intuitive way to post something anywhere on the internet ever. Who came up with this idea and why? Because I think the developer might have a reason or it is just a bug.

      Wouldn’t it be better to show the “create post” button right beside the “subscribe” button in a group (without being subscribed to the group)?

  • zksmk@slrpnk.net
    6·
    2 years ago

    You can also unsubscribe from the community as soon as you’ve made the post. Agreed it’s unintuitive, but it’s a workaround that works for me.

    • maxmoonOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      But why subscribing to it at all? Sounds like 2 unnecessary steps.

      • altair222@beehaw.org
        1·
        2 years ago

        That’s exactly what OC said too mate, they agree with you but suggested a temporary work-around

  • DessalinesA
    3·
    2 years ago

    This was just a UI choice to only show one block button, you could open up a github issue on lemmy-ui for this.