Announcements @lemmy.ml Dessalines @lemmy.ml 1 yr. ago

We're the creators of Lemmy, Ask Us Anything. Starts Monday, 7 Aug, 1500 CEST

This is an opportunity for any users, server admins, or interested third parties to ask anything they'd like to @nutomic@lemmy.ml and I about Lemmy. This includes its development and future, as well as wider issues relevant to the social media landscape today.

Note: This will be the thread tmrw, so you can use this thread to ask and vote on questions beforehand.

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Any regrets during your time working on Lemmy? Like implementing a feature and then later on thinking "Shit. This sucks, but I can't remove it now or it will fuck up everything later."
- Probably infinite scrolling in jerboa, as its a very harmful psychogical anti-pattern. Now that I've added it, people have been extremely resistent to my insistence that it should be done away with.
  
  I didn't realize that you developes jerboa too! Thanks for not branding it something like "the official lemmy mobile client"
  
  I use jeroba and I would at least love the option to turn off infinite scroll
  
  This feels like a good solution. Perhaps make it the default on new installations?
  
  I would love the option to disable infinite scrolling, I really hate it as a feature because I noticeably spend more time on a platform, feels very bad for my little brain. I'm happy to read that it is at least something you think about, great work anyhow.
  
  Would also appreciate this as an opt-in/toggleable feature.
  
  After it being the standard for social media for so long, it's tiresome. Same mentality as those Clicker games
  
  I mean there are people who probably will not develop an addiction because of this (due to stuff like good self regulation skills), a lot of things can be addictive but also be good (like social media), maybe it is better to add features that help regulate behavior like a notification after a amount of time has passed set by the user (or just suggesting a link to a open source app that does this).
- Federation, because now there is no going back now. Just kidding
  
  Lul you're stuck with us now mf

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