Kind of a weird UX question @[email protected] : when dealing with remote categories, is it preferable to sync a local category with a remote one?
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Kind of a weird UX question @[email protected] : when dealing with remote categories, is it preferable to sync a local category with a remote one? Or is it better to use the "World" view to look up a remote category, and just set that to "Tracking"?
I like the idea of federating with other forums, but want to better understand each use-case.
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Kind of a weird UX question @[email protected] : when dealing with remote categories, is it preferable to sync a local category with a remote one? Or is it better to use the "World" view to look up a remote category, and just set that to "Tracking"?
I like the idea of federating with other forums, but want to better understand each use-case.
@[email protected] I think category sync makes a lot of sense when aggregating categories of the same topic from different places, like how so many Lemmy instances have /c/fediverse.
But I think the experience of subscribing to a remote category for unique things is probably preferable. We don't necessarily want to mirror entire forums across the network, do we?
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@[email protected] I think category sync makes a lot of sense when aggregating categories of the same topic from different places, like how so many Lemmy instances have /c/fediverse.
But I think the experience of subscribing to a remote category for unique things is probably preferable. We don't necessarily want to mirror entire forums across the network, do we?
The mirroring functionality was better suited for NodeBB before it supported remote categories.
It's a little redundant now but still has value if the topics are cross-posted instead of moved.
Unfortunately cross posting isn't quite available yet (nor have I thought through the various aspects of it).
My recommendation for now is to pause category synchronization and use remote categories primarily.
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