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I'd like a feed where I can't see something again that I already scrolled past = saw.

“Suggest edits” that Quora had. Suggesting edits allowed the crowd to make all sorts of improvements to answers.

keyword filtering.

lichess integration so every unresolvable argument can be decided by a chess duel. A bot reacts when it's called by a command (plus arguments to customize the game) and drops a link (only OP can access and play, others join as spectators). Results are then posted as a reply. It's not possible atm, but I guess lichess devs are based and won't mind a little customization on their side for that silly matter. Federating with them would be a way to null many people's bingo cards.

I'd like all of the similar communities grouped so I can sub to one. It is annoying seeing the same content posted to multiple communities on different instances. It is also harder for new users to find.

I think we would have more active larger communities if they could all be grouped as one.

For example if we have gaming@domain1 , gaming@domain2 and gaming@domain3

I would prefer it was just gaming and all three synced the content and comments. If one node was to drop all of the content and comments would be there. There would be a larger more active community and less repetition. If a new gaming@domain4 joined it would be seeded with the existing content and sync any new content from that node.

I know it doesnt work like this but I think it would be nice if it did. I know if I go to a steamdeck subreddit I will find all the news related to that. Here I need to check the three or four that I'm subscribed to which is a pain point.

Being able to upvote without getting an error and having to reload the page, gets really annoying really fast

More friendliness.

More fun-type content.

I like Lemmy, but I feel constantly bombarded by depressing content and "comedy" poisoned by irony and sadness.

Reddit exploding again so more people are driven here. :P

More global presence. Too US centric to my likings.

I need an app that allows me to swipe left or right through favorites that I organize. Could do this on reddit, still can't here.

Fix the cross posting issue (crossposts are not treated like a new post).

Make it so when you go to a new unknown community it won't take 5 tries to see the first posts (before it's like it's empty at best)

Faster respons times overall, I'm running my own server and it's quite slow. 20 seconds to see my inbox for example. Maybe have tweaks for different server hardware configurations/loads.

Make it possible to post hirez images, locally (downscale for other servers so it won't hog them down).

A page for administrators including users, metrics, tweaks etc.

But I love Lemmy anyways, good job!

Instance owners ought to clean up all the unused communities that were created during the Reddit exodus by inactive users/mods only wanting to hoard the names. They're basically redirecting traffic from actual communities and into a void.

I wonder how often it happens that some user has a hobby/interest, and go search for a community for this interest. They'll find an empty community and leave without posting.

My theory is that if the dead communities didn't exist, people who actually care about the topic would create their own active communities.

FREE PIZZA!

Probably some central home page. That has a set of communities.

I think the most common complaint from new users is that it's too complicated and "I can't find anything"

If there was just a reddit front page esque thing going on I think the barrier to entry would be lower.

Fixing that bug where if you do something like upvote someone while typing a comment, your comment gets deleted.

Stop making "Undetermined" the default language for posts and comments, so my feed stops getting spammed by foreign language posts that didn't bother to correctly tag themselves.

Allow blocking entire instances (I think this might be in the latest update which my instance hasn't yet migrated to?).

Beyond that, the only thing I really miss from reddit is being able to open the comment thread for a post and read literally hundreds of comments. Gets a bit underwhelming seeing so many front-page posts with 1 or 2 comments.

Just general stability things. Images not loading. Comment counts appearing but not being able to load. No handling for blocked posts via direct link. No handling for hidden posts via direct link when hiding already-viewed posts. Not being able to see your own posts when hiding already-viewed posts. Upvoting or downvoting a post clears the in-progress comment box.

• a culture of providing summaries for links

• fewer videos and images

• ability to crosspost comments or textposts from within the fediverse

• reading lists beyond just subscribed (a la "multireddits")

• the ability to tag other users a la RES

• user flair for munis

• better mod controls (eg. make it easier to add or remove additional mods, automoderation, more streamlined reporting, federate moderation more effectively)

• better control of a user's own content (eg. being able to delete posts effectively)

• ninja edits for tupos

I'm on kbin, so Ernest coming back sure would be a huge boost.

I still think this is the biggest issue with lemmy right now. There should be a way for communities that are identical across instances that can connect where a post would be cross posted and connected with links to each instance it's connected with.

Turn off Downvote. Lemmy have some quirky user where they will lurk all the time and downvote content that doesn't fit their own preference. Like, what are your purpose? If you don't like seeing that language why not turn it off? Why not scroll past the topic you don't like or don't matter to you? It chase away a lot of people because they feels unwelcome.

These quirks is also the reason it's hard to recommend lemmy to my acquaintance and friends.