There are a number of features that PieFed has which I would love to implement into this community. I’ve been hoping that Lemmy would start to support some of these features, but a lot of these don’t seem to be a priority.
I’m looking at PieFed.zip since they try to avoid blocking other instances and seem to be the least controversial option.
We can either:
- Not migrate.
- Slowly migrate: just start posting in the new community.
- Completely migrate: transfer current posts/comments and close this community while redirecting users to the new community.
Pros:
- Custom CSS (we could implement something similar to the old reddit feel with a custom background and custom upvote/downvote icons).
- Wiki pages
- Posts can be set for auto tagging with #StarCitizen so that they have more visibility among Mastodon users (Lemmy users wouldn’t see the hashtag but it should still be applied for them).
- Post flair for filters by content types. This also allows for Question/Solved/Answered type of posts.
- Support for multi image posts (
Voyager users will be able to see them, but vanillaLemmy users will only see the first image). - Spoiler tags for images
- Native support for polls
- Ability to block downvotes from users that aren’t community members.
- Additional moderation tools, bot detection, LLM detection, etc.
Cons:
- We’ve already got a decent group on Lemmy.World, switching instances will drop those numbers.
- Why change what’s already working?
- Some of these features won’t be visible for Lemmy users (polls, custom CSS, Flairs).
Let me know what you think. This isn’t a decision that needs to be made urgently.
Edit: Correction for Voyager users, only Voyager PieFed users can see all images in a gallery post.
It looks like most here are on board with the move. I’ll still give this thread a few more days for feedback. Most likely I’ll use the “Move community” option that @hal@piefed.nz pointed out in the comments below.
I went ahead and set up an initial community over at !starcitizen@piefed.zip. I also set up a simple RSS feed to pull from the latest official spectrum “comm-link” announcements.
Let’s hope for a smooth move then!
As an alternative to Reddit PieFed.zip makes more sense becaue of what it allows. And the development of features is quicker there.
For me personally it doesn’t matter, as long as I don’t need to use Reddit.
:D
I’m not particularly active these days since I’m taking a long break from the game so my opinion isn’t super important at this point. Still, I might as well drop my thoughts to help kickstart the discussion.
Personally, I’m neutral, leaning to positive. These new features would be neat from the community perspective and should help on the moderation side of things. I think there’s a good chance such move would lead to a better and healthier community in the long run.
At the same time, most of this won’t really affect me - I try to keep the number of accounts (in general not just social media) to a minimum so I have no interest in making a new one just to use a few additional options within a single community. Subbing to it? Sure, but that’s it.If you decide to proceed with the move, now would definitely be the best time to do so in my opinion. Squadron’s release is still a way off which should leave plenty of time to build up the new place (both in terms of content and traffic) before the (potential) influx of new players. It does come with some downsides, as you said, but it would be better to do it sooner rather than later.
Yeah, that’s a good point, sooner than later would be better.
As far as building up content, @INeedMana@piefed.zip have you heard of any scripts or tools for transferring posts/comments from one community to another?
I know that PieFed has a way of moving posts between communities, but I don’t know how well this works with Lemmy communities.
There is a way to move a community and it should be written up in some piefed blog article. I’ve never done it yet, I’ll ask around
This might help: https://piefed.social/post/667045
