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what do y'all think of this idea for managing identical posts in identically named communities? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by ComradeKhoumrag@infosec.pub to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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Would be very nice to have after the initial hurdles of app development are wrapped up

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[-] ComradeKhoumrag@infosec.pub 10 points 1 year ago

I think the point isnt all cross posts are collapsed into one, but that all identically named communities with identical posts are collapsed into one, and if you reply to a user then your comment goes to the relevant community that hosted that particular post (amongst all the other cross posts)

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 4 points 1 year ago

Top level comments don't work in this model. Which post do they go to?

[-] ComradeKhoumrag@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Good point, maybe in such a scenario a drop down box with tick boxes to select which community or combination of communities to upload as a top comment

[-] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 4 points 1 year ago

Okay, so if I build a community and someone decides to build the same community on another instance, if they post stuff to both communities, there's a chance my stuff will be treated as the copycat and I lose traffic despite having built a massive community? It just seems like you're punishing me rather than the spammer.

[-] ComradeKhoumrag@infosec.pub 9 points 1 year ago

I dont think it would count as you losing traffic, I would assume such a method would be done client side, and in such a case both communities would gain traffic