SoftwareSlicer @ SoftwareSlicer @beehaw.org

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That's a really good idea! Implementing that type of approach would account for accessibility, provides the each communities with options that individuals can use to curate their experience, and handles those factors while not blocking out or causing any complications with the wider fediverse.

I see where you might be coming from especially given the impact that everything is having and how each of us can contribute towards a wider positive change by facing that more directly although I feel like most people have different objectives and capacities with Lemmy than rushing to encourage widespread legislative or systemic change. There is definitely value to be had with that approach although I personally am discouraged from posting or commenting on Lemmy with everything being compounded together. Some people do find diving into current geopolitical struggles to be exciting to dive into and I respect that wholeheartly but oftentimes, It's just too much for me to want to keep up on. Not everyone is in a headspace where keeping up with everything is a welcoming or beneficial user experience. When I am here which tends to be a bit rare, I like using this platform to find funny memes, discuss about nerdy hobbies, and to find or make my own type of light to bring within this platform. Often that can be challenging and having additional options to narrow down on how I can curate my experience and to help figure out where other people share similar interests would certainly prove helpful.

This could certainly come in handy as something which I think would significantly improve accessibility. Like there are a lot of channels and communities which I don't want to block outright and which I might vibe with sometimes but not always because of how it can be rather stressful to keep up with current developments. This is especially the case when those issues flow into areas that aren't designated as news related or with doomscrolling. Like I imagine the biggest challengen with implementation is ensuring all instances have this and that all clients are able to make use of that feature but I agree that it would be valuable to take a break or to have my feed focus more on niche hobbies, memes, and other fun areas to dive into. Just my two cents.

There are a few repos where it might actually be possible if you are willing to tinker and accept the very high risk of getting banned. Specifically the ViaBedrock library and the ViaProxy application. Right now, These tools are highly experimental and serve more like advanced world viewers rather than ways to legitimately play on servers but they also work on bedrock realms as well. Worth giving a try if you know what you are getting into, Was going to make a video on this rabbit hole although I massively overcomplicated what I wanted to share with that project. Especially with figuring out bedrock server world archival, ReplayMod, and a ton of other stuff with the Lifeboat featured server I'm a big supporter of.

I either select "All" or "Local" on occasion and don't really pay attention to how those categories are filtered. The main challenge I see right now is that there is a lot of content not available or translated in English which leads me to blocking communities that otherwise have interesting and valuable discussion.

Plus there are challenges with figuring out how to find stuff that is new and insightful besides the regular defaults on the feed but perhaps part of that is simply because of not posting enough and being part of the experience.

Thanks for sharing about this, That's really quite a cool and inspiring story to hear regarding the development of the platform and specifically the nature of the people and connections who made it possible. It might have been a bit of a risk but it seems unlikely that the platform would have scaled as well without outside help.