Now that federation works, we need more clarity of source
parrot-party@kbin.social to /kbin meta@kbin.social – 2 points – I'm seeing the federated content, but it's hard to tell where the content came from. Currently, the only reliable way to see the source is by reading the URL when you're viewing a thread. It doesn't work well on mobile though and it doesn't work for the feed.
How work everyone feel if the magazine included the source always? So instead of saying kbinMeta, you'd see kbinMeta@kbin.social? Or would you prefer another solution?
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That's a feature, not a bug. If you find a worthwhile discussion, and have something to bring to it, just do it. No need to marry yourself to just the one instance. That's the beauty of federation, really.
No. When I see a post called “we are shutting down” I want to know what instance that post is talking about. It should definitely show the full federated magazine address
I agree with this. Context is important and it should be clear.
Not gonna lie, I've just had a look at the feed just now and it's becoming noisy. It would be nice to not have to sift through so much chaff to find wheat.
I know there's strong feelings about curated feeds around here but it should be up to the user to decide what they see for the most part. At least, they should be able to decide what they don't see.
I appreciate the point you are making, but here's a solid example of how it gets confusing.
ANNOUNCEMENT: defederating effective immediately from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works
Who is defederating?
What I'd do is hover over the OPs name, or go into the post and check the URL. Yeah, it's different than what you're probably used to, but so is any new platform. It just takes some time to get familiar with it.
And neither works on mobile. So we're back to needing the information to be more accessible