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[-] Kissaki@feddit.de 48 points 10 months ago

I feel like cross-posts should share comment threads…

Now comment threads are split across 6 communities.

[-] eveninghere@beehaw.org 16 points 10 months ago

Kbin website implements this.

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 5 points 10 months ago

Oh really? That's interesting.

[-] eveninghere@beehaw.org 6 points 10 months ago

Well, to be precise, kbin groups posts with the same URL.

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 4 points 10 months ago

I've seen some Lemmy apps/interfaces do that as well. So maybe it's not all that different?

I think what they're suggesting is that a post would have a merged view of all comments from all the different duplicate posts in all the different communities it's posted in.

I see the cross posts all at the top but comments are separate

[-] Aatube@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

To combine the comments would probably require a revision to the lemmy protocol, plus an even bigger one to the backend software to keep backwards compatibility

[-] noddy@beehaw.org 11 points 10 months ago

If it is possible to detect which posts are cross posts, it should be possible to create a client app that combines the threads. Maybe give you an option to chose which one to post your comment.

[-] Kissaki@feddit.de 7 points 10 months ago

I don't think it should be a client feature. It should be federated, like the posts are.

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think the issue with federation of comments is moderation of comments.

You might not like the admins of example.org:foo but you might have no issues with the admins of example.com:foo.

[-] noddy@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

I was just thinking about a possible solution based on what we have. I agree it would be better if cross post comments were federated, but I guess there's different opinions on that (do the lemmy devs agree for example?).

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