[–] 1 point 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'm not insulting anyone (edit: that was because of a typo, see other reply). I don't want to argue. I'm simply saying that the position or preference is subjective: neither I or you can make an objective argument of why someone ought or oughtn't to cross-post.

The simple proof is that you're unhappy about cross-postings – and surely I have no right to say that you should be happy about them instead. And at the same time I am happy about cross-postings – and you have no right to say that I should be unhappy about them instead.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 days ago (5 children)

    This would break the way many users use Lemmy & Co. I'm happy about users that cross-post.

    I only follow communities I subscribe to. Let's say I follow B but don't follow A. If a user posts something related to topic A and topic B only in a community A, which I don't follow, I would miss information interesting to me. When the user cross-posts to community B as well, then I'll also see that useful post.

    Also, even the same topic/community appears on different instances, and some users may not even be aware of the same community in other instances. They would miss useful or interesting information without cross-posting.

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  • [–] 35 points 5 days ago* (26 children)

    I generally agree with your sentiment. But let's see some possibly positive sides at the same time:

    • Maybe this will encourage or entice people within or outside that wall to come to places like Lemmy.
    • And maybe will encourage people on Lemmy and similar platforms to share even more.
    • As time passes, a lot of that knowledge and information there becomes obsolete. This is something I'm strongly noticing on StackExchange for example.
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    [Edit: see suggestions in the posts below about Nicotine and slskd, and also about scary features of Soulseek.]

    I was checking the download page for Soulseek.

    Curiously, the last builds for Window$ and Ma¢ date 2026-04, but the last for Linux 2024-06. Is that just a typo? Or maybe vice versa, given that the last news is from 2024.

    Dave they dropped development for Linux, or altogether?

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