I am still new to Lemmy and don’t understand some things.

One is: Why do I have to subscribe to a whole channel if I want to only write about one specific thing?

It just doesn’t make sense to me, because it will just pollute my timeline with stuff I really want to see. If I have an opinion on one thing, but will see everything about this topic in my timeline, the timeline will be useless after a few days.

Thanks for your help.

  • I have a username
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    162 years ago

    You don’t have to — you can click “create post” at the top of the screen (if you’re using the web client at least) and select the community you want to post in. I agree that it’s pretty unintuitive that the “create a post” button only shows up under a community after you subscribe to that community though.

    • maxmoonOP
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      02 years ago

      This is the most un-intuitive way to post something anywhere on the internet ever. Who came up with this idea and why? Because I think the developer might have a reason or it is just a bug.

      Wouldn’t it be better to show the “create post” button right beside the “subscribe” button in a group (without being subscribed to the group)?

  • @zksmk@slrpnk.net
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    62 years ago

    You can also unsubscribe from the community as soon as you’ve made the post. Agreed it’s unintuitive, but it’s a workaround that works for me.

    • maxmoonOP
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      22 years ago

      But why subscribing to it at all? Sounds like 2 unnecessary steps.

  • Dessalines
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    32 years ago

    This was just a UI choice to only show one block button, you could open up a github issue on lemmy-ui for this.