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These threads used to be really useful back on Reddit.

I'm currently finishing off full app translations for the next release along with lots of the usual bug fixes.

What should I prioritise next?

Cheers, Lj

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[โ€“] [email protected] 103 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Client-site "multicommunities" would be nice. A way for me to group multiple communities into a single feed like multireddits.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Oh this, like God mode ๐Ÿ˜œ

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[โ€“] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago

fairly minor thing, but can you detect from sync whether a home instance allows downvotes? mine does not, but sync still displays the unusable downvote button on everything

[โ€“] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

A few features I would love to see:

  1. A way to view groups of multiple communities in a single feed. Like a multicommunity. A workaround right now is to have multiple accounts, which is less than ideal.

  2. A way to view content from multiple accounts in a single feed. Like a universal feed.

  3. An easier way to have the same settings apply to multiple accounts.

  4. A way to block instances or communities.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Regarding #3: a way to copy/synchronize subscriptions between accounts.

I use a main account and a backup account on another instance in case the main instance is down, so I want those to have the same subscriptions. Manually synching them would be fine (maybe with options like copy everything, mirror the subscriptions, make sure B does not contain the same as A, etc.).

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[โ€“] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

When browsing "local" or "all", it would be nice to have some kind of indicator next to the community name to let you know if you've already subscribed or not. I browse "all" sometimes looking for new communities to sub to and I click through to find out I'm already subbed often.

I think something as simple as being able to set a different color for subbed communities would work well and be enough to stand out at a glance.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I second this. Especially useful as you could be following an exact or similarly named community and not notice it's on a different instance.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or an option to browse all non-subscribed.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago

My biggest feature request is an option to view upvotes and downvotes separately rather than as one combined number. Ideally the current combined method would remain an option as well.

[โ€“] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Comments collapsing down not up.

I.e. I read a long comment, collapse it and then don't have to scroll up to read the next one.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Is it not possible to add upvotes history?

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Yea I would always go check upvotes to find a post from recent, miss that feature

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[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Last time I tried using the spoiler tag, I got multiple people responding telling me sync used syntax different from what Lemmy standard is. Not sure if that's been fixed yet, but sounds like an easy one.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

To see a list of all communities on an instance. Unless I'm being dumb, I don't see this feature yet. And a subscribe button next to each community in the list

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

you can, if you open an instance, there is a 'communities'. from there you can open each community and subscribe.

this would be easier with some images... lemmy grab those

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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Something that only makes sense on lemmy and not Reddit, but I think it would be cool to explore a combined account view. With defederation I've now ended up with multiple accounts that can all see different things. Could be nice to combine my beehaw and lemmy.world subscriptions view together.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Have a global setting for not sharing the post title by default when I want to directly share an image from the app. It's come unstuck and turned back on for me a couple times.

I also wanted to say the only reason I'm using lemmy at all is because of your app; I'm a big fan. As soon as your app turned off for Reddit, I quit using Reddit. I'm glad that you turned to this community, and I'll support you here too :)

Side note: I'm a software developer, so if you ever want an enhancement in an open-source library, maybe reach out and I can take a crack at it. I'm mostly familiar with Python and C# but I'm always willing to learn new things!

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

A way to group subscribed communities into a single 'subscription'. I can then associate all the tech related stuff into one clickable item, and all my sports related stuff etc.

Idea is to let me view subscriptions by 'topic'

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Rename other users or hide certain characters. Im sick of people using emojis in their names but I don't necessarily want to block them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Viewing a user profile should have the option to see "posts/comments" together, and should default to it, just like Sync for Reddit. Thanks for all your hard work!

[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've actually already added that for the next release!

It works for saved too

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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Allow users to switch accounts when making posts or comments instead of having to go back to the home screen

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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Blocked instances appear in comments.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Notifications. Doesn't have to be push notifications - polled notifications is fine as well until push is implemented.

After that, cross-posting support.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

When people post images, they often use markdown in the text field. Sync doesn't display this properly in the posts feed.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

The only issue I saw is, resized images are only partially shown (but maintain the forced resize in user view) after choosing a post.

As for mod tools, I think the reports queue and mod logs should be a priority. It would also be nice if there were options to appoint/remove community moderators.

Besides all of these, I hope you get enough love and support and not burn out! Take good care of yourself, and stay safe. <3

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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd like to get a quick option to block a community right alongside the filter options (filter user, filter site, filter community).

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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

A cross post button or option of some kind.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hiding blocked communities from the 'Everything' feed please

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Search function. I get this. I cannot search remote instance toast whenever I try to search

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Good spot. Fixed for the next release.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Having webp images/animated images show up in the post feed without having to click on the image

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Offline sync would be fantastic.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can turn off the "show bots" option in Lemmy. I suppose you might have to go to the webpage instead of using Sync, but it's definitely an option.

Or you can block them like any user you find annoying.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Not sure if it's a setting I've missed, but I use top 6 hour for the front page, which is great, but then when clicking into a post it still uses top 6 hour, which generally shows little activity or replies, until I then have to change it to active etc to see the whole thread. Am I just being dumb?

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Until the Lemmy devs add this you can filter locally

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

User tagging similar to Reddit Enhancement Suite. Specifically keeping a count of up/down votes of other users and displaying next to their comments. Also when tagging users it saves a link to the comment causing you to tag them.

The current user tagging feature is the largest reason I subscribe to sync Ultra. It's really one of the only things that helped out with the spam aside from keeping to smaller communities.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Eternity for Lemmy implemented this and it's been really handy for small instance users to funnel traffic through our instances.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

As far as issues, I experience occasional crashes (once or twice per day, maybe) when opening images. I haven't found a pattern as-yet but I will try to take note of an example next time it happens.

For new features, maybe push notifications of new messages?

Still loving the app, thanks for all you do!

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Emoji support would be :chefs-kiss:

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

posted before maybe:

  • filters with a timeout (filters that disappear after a while). The filter might remain in a list of filters and can be reset again (or gets deleted after timeout). This would be a middle ground between blocking certain things completely and not at all.

  • weighing of certain communities. A weight of 0 would be the same as blocking. A weight of 1 doesn't change anything. A Weight of 0.5 would multiply the upvotes of posts by 0.5 in order to change its position on the frontpage. ( I am not sure how exactly the rank is determined, but weighing certain meme-communities lower would be nicer than completely blocking them - i like a nice stupid meme from time to time. am not sure how this could work on reality, son this might not have a perfect solution though.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

An option to disable the toast 'you are hiding everything on page 6' and just continue on anyway, without needing to press retry.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Is there a way to see what I've upvoted? I've basically been both upvoting and saving everything. Thank you for all the work either way!

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Would like an "overview" when going on mine or someone else's profile so posts and comments are mixed. Saves me clicking through each and giving better context.

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