Hear me out: Had these ideas to ensure lemmy doesn’t derail into a short video/meme spiral like every other social platform
- Additional (more specific) up/downvote buttons.
Like “original vs generic”, “low effort vs detailed”
Not only can we ensure the engagement doesn’t derail into an X-like anarchy or Instagram meme fest, but we can also then sort comments by parameters (ie. you’ve seen 20 pun comments about the headline and broad topic at hand but want to see actual thoughts about a linked article)
Another idea:
- Instances are commonly offering donation buttons since they need to fund the servers. What if we tied cosmetic “superlike” awards to donations.
Thoughts? Very interested in your inputs/adaptations to my ideas or other cool concepts you have to ensure lemmy staying solid while growing
Personally, I’d just like to see up/downvotes replaced wholesale with emoji reactions.
Downvotes are a dark feature designed to excuse Reddit (and YouTube, etc.) from actually moderating their platforms under the guise of “social” moderation, but it’s actually something that stifles speech that challenges the consensus, rather than preventing toxicity.
Meanwhile, custom emojis are another way for instaces to differentiate themselves.
They can be disabled on Lemmy but it has to be done at the instance level. Our instance has them disabled. Not a perfect solution but it does help address this issue.
I miss Facebook style reactions so much, one of the best features they came up with. It’s a shame everything else was garbage, including the company hahahaha