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  • Trying2KnowMyself [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    16 days ago

    I assumed it was based on the timing alone, and as someone who was vocally in favor of merging them, I think it’s an awesome solution. I really hope the people who were opposed to merging like the approach too.

    • it fixes the bad taste that “gossip” left me with
    • it IMO removes the need to try to draw lines between what content belongs where by:
      • not being limited to “public figure slop”, while not disallowing it - there are plenty of cases a post could go in both or either without being the “wrong” comm
      • being broader than slop content, it redefines the focus in a way that may still have some overlap, but is distinct and allows content that didn’t really have a dedicated comm elsewhere
    • ratboy [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      16 days ago

      Oh yeah, I think splitting them was kinda silly, but I understand why some people were annoyed with streamer/Twitter nobody shit at the time. I think I heard that the next Lemmy version will incorporate post tagging or something so hopefully people can block content based on tags so it’s not an issue