feature request: custom feeds (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by foggy@lemmy.world to c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca

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Right now there are three feeds available to me, that, as far as I can tell, I have minimal control over.

It'd be rad if there was a way to add feeds, and for each feed, be able to manually select communities I'd like to see.

This would be great for news, porn, sports, pornography, adult content, and so much more.

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[-] SquiffSquiff -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That's not how it works.

You need to set up an account on a Lemmy instance and log into it using Connect.
You can then subscribe to specific communities with that identity.
If you want to have different types of feeds, set up different identities, ideally on different instances.
'All' is basically 'new' for everything that anyone on that instances subscribe to
'Local' is what's new for that instance
'Front page' is what you are subscribed to
If you check top right there are various sorting algorithms such as 'hot'/ 'active'/'top'

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

That's not how it works.

... yes it is, lol.

There is nothing that would stop connect devs from adding a + button next to the feeds, and allowing you to manually create your own.

This is a feature request. I'm not asking if it's possible, because it is.

[-] SquiffSquiff -2 points 10 months ago

I see. So for comparison what do you see for this when you access lemmy via a desktop web browser?

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Are you aware that you can develop features that don't exist on websites for 3rd party apps?

That's why I am in a community for a 3rd party app, here. I'm suggesting the lemmy developers add a feature to their application to further filter existing content in a way the user would find engaging.

Doing this would be trivial. The content is all already being pulled; it would be adding a simple UI element to the sidebar menu.

I'm sorry if this was confusing somewhere.

[-] SquiffSquiff 2 points 10 months ago

I'm afraid that with this sort of approach you're unlikely to get what you're asking for. AFAIK LemmyConnect has a single developer and it's an open source project that isn't paid. As a developer with a small open source project myself I've dealt with this style of request myself. Here are my red flags that you might like to address:

Doesn't bother to identify developer or developers
Doesn't try to identify project's preferred feature request route
Doesn't try to find out if feature is already on roadmap or requested or available elsewhere
Doesn't try to find out if feature is relevant to project or to base protocol
Takes an arrogant attitude with 'LMAO'/'LOL' etc
Claims feature 'trivial to implement'
Doesn't ask what would actually be needed to implement feature
Considers themselves 'a customer' (or appears to)
Doesn't offer assistance

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If lemmy is open source I will literally just do it for myself. Wasn't aware.

Again because it is trivial to filter existing content from a user interface.

Sorry not understanding something seems to be upsetting you for some reason.

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