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Subscribing to a lot of communities (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by withersailor@aussie.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Back in the day, using Reddit, I only subscribed to one or two subs and would just type the name in Rif search to go to another. Jerboa doesn't allow that, and search doesn't always find the community. So when I see a post from a community I want to return to, I'm subscribing to it.

Is this a good idea? Is it causing increased load on the server end?

How are you managing communities?

Edit: thank you for all the replies. Very helpful.

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[–] hakase@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can just search here for communities https://browse.feddit.de/

Though I also browse /all/ to find new communities I might not think to search for.

[–] ShadowAether@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Is this a good idea?

Yes, this is how lemmy is meant to be used.

Is it causing increased load on the server end?

Maybe, if you're the only person on the instance that's subscribed to that community but it's not abnormal usage.

[–] WenAmon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Reddid was / is a lot more lively, with enough posts in a day that I had to turn off notifications. Lemmy has not as many users around the world, and subocribing to a lot of communities does not equal reddit traffic at all.

I feel this is restful, and it offers the opportunity to learn new stuff. Also, by subscribing to different communities on different instances, you mix it up and make everything link together more tightly.

There might be a future when you have to currail your subscriptions, but just now, you are doing everything right.

[–] GoodKingElliot@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could someone tell me what jerboa is? That's the second time today I've seen that name.

[–] Wenchette@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It's sn Android app that makes using Lemmy look and feel a little more like Reddit and other similar platforms

[–] mnrockclimber@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm locating communities with https://browse.feddit.de and just subbing. I had prob 50 or so on Reddit. Prob will end up with the same here.

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