• simple@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Hard to say, I’d prefer having discussion be in one dedicated place but it’s probably a good idea having a backup community, especially at times where Lemmy World goes down.

    • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I see. Yes, having a backup community makes sense, but at the same time, I always feel like having both similar communities creates a lot of other issues.

      I never really know if I should post on !fediverse@lemmy.ml or !fediverse@lemmy.world for instance. I usually do it on the .ml one because it seems more active, but I also feed bad for people only on the .world who might miss content

      • spez@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        but I also feed bad for people only on the .world who might miss content

        That doesn’t happen because everything is federated, the .world users will also see the posts on .ml, they can upvote/downvote, comment etc. and vice-versa.

        • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          I know it’s true in theory, but in practice I have seen some LW users only wanting to browse their local feed, or not wanting to subscribe to .ml communities.

          Another issue with having the same content posted twice is that the same discussion could just happen twice, bringing discussion fatigue to the people that just discussed the same topic in another thread.