Lemmy

There should probably be some ability to crosspost without being a symlink, maybe as a secondary option, but this is a great idea

I think it would make sense to keep cross-posts different threads. Different communities have different styles, norms and rules for the discussion.

However I think it would be amazing to have the option to:

• View all comments about a URL on one page.
• View all comments from my communities on one page.

Basically I think the underlying implementation should be kept as it currently is, but I think the UI could allow the user to visually merge these together when desired (maybe by default).

I think the main complication is that if you are viewing the merged view you need to decide which community to leave the comment on (or support cross-posting comments???) so it is a slight overhead for those who prefer to see things merged. But overall I think this would be a better solution.

I think that would be nice, but I don't know how feasible it would be in terms of AP. Curious to see what dessalines or nutomic say about it.

That's a great idea! I've often wondered about it myself. The main question is about UX and how to enable to filter/post comments by communities. Slightly exaggerated example: if there's an article published on a conservative instance on a topic that could be of interest to a community around here, i think it makes sense to enable to merge discussions, but i think per-community discussions still make sense.

This raises the question of how to deal with this in the UI when crossposting/commenting/viewing.