Asking this here because it might be a strange question or open for debate.
A habit that I have carried over with me from Reddit is subscribing to every community that I think I’ll be participating in. But I’m kinda thinking of unsubbing from all of the news and politics communities that are always in the ‘All’ tab anyway and keeping my subscriptions to everything other than news and politics. I’d still like to throw in hot takes / shit takes if I feel so inclined but want to seperate it from my main feed.
My question is, is it frowned upon to participate somewhere that you’re not subscribed to if it’s not going to be once in a blue moon? Or a hassle for moderators? I’ve looked up if there’s a Lemmy equivalent of multireddits and from what I can surmise in this Github thread, people are still spitballing ideas but nothing concrete yet. So it seems that method is out of the question for now.
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I subscribe to things that I like to see. Most of the time, I just browse /All, and then block the things I don’t want to see. That way, I still get to ride the waves of genpop trends and interests and sometimes find new things I like to see.
I participate with total disregard to what I am or am not subscribed to.
Same here. On a small platform like Lemmy, block lists are the way to go.
My question is, is it frowned upon to participate somewhere that you’re not subscribed to if it’s not going to be once in a blue moon?
There’s a couple small instances (mostly just one) where admin(s) will ban you from their entire instance if you down vote without being subscribed…
But honestly you’re better off never participating in any of those places.
No one else cares if you’re subscribed before participating.
I had an admin of a small instance harass me via PM for that.
agreed. I haven’t come across that instance, and will likely block when I do. smh.
Thank you, that’s good to know. So if I do get banned from this odd one out, it won’t be anything to lose sleep over either. I very seldom ever downvote anything personally, although I have caught a couple of accidental touchscreen downvotes I’ve given before and wondered if there were ever any more that I didn’t catch.
As for participating in communities you’re not subscribed to, I think Lemmy is still small enough that, for better or for worse, expect everyone to feel free to comment on everything whether subscribed or not.
I’d like to see us start respecting niche spaces a bit more (for example there’s a lot of AI hate on here, I don’t enjoy AI art either, but I think it’s rude to downvote AI art when it crosses your feed if it’s posted in an AI-art-specific community).
Don’t think there’s a solution similar to multi-reddit yet but as a kbin.social refugee kbin did a good job of linking posts sharing the same news story into one entry which was helpful at reducing clutter. I know there are a couple live instances of kbin still going (kbin.earth is the one I see most if you’re curious).
I think your choice to limit news subscriptions is probably a wise move for your sanity and no one will care about your subscription status if you comment on a news story from all.
I’d like to see us start respecting niche spaces a bit more (for example there’s a lot of AI hate on here, I don’t enjoy AI art either, but I think it’s rude to downvote AI art when it crosses your feed if it’s posted in an AI-art-specific community).
I’m fully onboard with this. I’ve noticed that Lemmy is also still small enough for these niche communities to show up in the ‘All’ tab, which I guess makes them more susceptible to people that can’t just keep scrolling if they don’t like it. Which is my general philosophy on social media, if you’re not interested, just keep scrolling.
It shouldn’t matter what you subscribe to, just that you participate constructively. I’m only explicitly subscribed to a few communities that I want to actively keep up with the /new queue for, everything else I just browse /all.
