A user checking out one of these URLs does not want to filter only local post on that instance.

On all instances, this url should mean “show me all /c/piracy on all federated instances”

If you really mean /c/piracy only on that instance, then add something to the url.

The current convention breaks the most important aspect of federation and makes its vestigial appendage.

The current way has user asking question /c/piracy, but on which instance ?

So now they’ll all join the same instance . You wouldn’t post anywhere else since no one would every see it.

It’s a recipe for centralization.

I think this is obvious to most users, were deal with “voat with extra steps” here

  • terribleplan@lemmy.nrd.liEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Is /trees for weed or arborists? Who moderates and decides? You have the same problem on that other site with things like /games vs /gaming vs /gamers vs true_gaming etc.

    To me the bigger problem is discoverability. If there is nothing community at /piracy on my local instance something should ve done to show options of communities in the fediverse. Something like an integrated version of browse.feddit.de.

    • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I think it has to be taken as a time

      First agglomerate all /c/piracy on all instances

      Then figure out how we would include /c/piracy /c/pirates /c/softwarepiracy

      That second one involves a human making choices, therefore bias, private interests, power seeking, censorship and control

      That second one is stepping into a bottomless quicksand pit