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I’m so tempted to repost this
I wish crossposts would link to the original by default instead of having their own comment section
they do though
Edit: Ohhh, like it redirects there too not just links there
Yeah that would be a cool feature to offer the user when they submit
That is a bad idea. Cross posts aren’t a special type of post. Your instance simply checks the URLs of posts and finds other posts with the same URL. That is how cross posting works in Lemmy.
[...] // Fetch the cross_posts let cross_posts = if let Some(url) = &post_view.post.url { SearchCombinedQuery { search_term: Some(url.inner().as_str().into()), post_url_only: Some(true), type_: Some(SearchType::Posts), ..Default::default() } [...]IIRC that I extra PieFed code is because the daily games that get posted to that community were constantly being collapsed into crossposts. It really hurt the visibility of the most recent post, kind of defeating the purpose of the community.
This is why there’s no chance there will ever be an even population of instances. It was never going to happen
So what’s the problem? The post gets visibility and interaction if it’s good with eyeballs on it. Lemmy doesn’t have a “reputation” system like Reddit. Votes don’t matter, and you’re not monetizing it.
But the post on the big instance is not helping the small instance grow, which is why they put it there. Over-centralization isn’t desirable.
People can see where it’s reposted from, and they wouldn’t have seen the instance without the repost
I’ve started many comms. I find far more subscribers after direct posts than when I cross-post to the point I don’t do it any more.
Like it’s a Stargate mission.
Walter: “UNSCHEDULED OFF-WORLD REPOSTING!”
I love boycotting the big problematic instances too!
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3071
Let communities follow each other!
I’m on PieFed we already have that.
The goal is to help smaller comms and instances get exposure and avoid everything being on .world. This does not help with that.
