"I think what we are seeing [now] is an extension of the Tea Party movement," the former staffer told Newsweek.

“I think what we are seeing [now] is an extension of the Tea Party movement,” the former staffer told Newsweek.

  • Hobbes
    1·
    11 months ago

    I would expect it to mean that there is different content in the communities because they are different in nuanced ways. Having people who consistently, intentionally post duplicate content to these communities dilutes those differences, turning them all into copies of each other.

    Tabe it to the extreme: If every instance had a /c/technology that had all of the exact same posts on them, what is the point? That’s why I think this behavior should be discouraged.

    • wagesj45@kbin.social
      2·
      11 months ago

      Then you risk the same thing you risk on big unified sites. What if I want to talk about Star Trek but break an arbitrary rule on startrek.website? Should I just be banned from discussing Star Trek on all other instances? The entire reason for federation is that each instance can abide by its own rules and norms while also sharing content. If you want a unified service, post on a unified service.

        • wagesj45@kbin.social
          2·
          11 months ago

          No I’m not. I’m saying that /c/StarTrek should be allowed to exist on multiple servers and the same link should be posted to each one.

          • Hobbes
            1·
            11 months ago

            Then why even have different servers?

            • wagesj45@kbin.social
              3·
              11 months ago

              For different user bases. Its the users that matter. Your server is very different from my server.

              • Hobbes
                1·
                11 months ago

                Different user bases should have content specific to them. Having spammers posting the same content to every server seems counter to this idea.