I'd like to start a discussion about a potential feature for our platform.
As someone who moderates religious-based communities here on Lemmy, I've encountered a recurring issue: frequent brigading by anti-religious users.
This got me thinking about community management options.
Currently, Lemmy allows communities to be public or mod-only.
However, I personally believe that Lemmy could potentially benefit from additional options similar to those available on Reddit:
- Restricted Communities: Where anyone can view, but only approved members can post/comment.
- Private Communities: Where only approved members can view and participate.
Questions for discussion:
- Do you think these additional privacy options would be beneficial for Lemmy?
- How might this impact the overall user experience and community dynamics?
- Could this help address issues like brigading in sensitive topic areas?
- Are there potential downsides or concerns about implementing such features?
- How would this align with Lemmy's philosophy and goals as a platform?
I'm interested in hearing your thoughts, experiences, and perspectives on this matter.
You can't truly bar federated content from being viewed by non-members, but you can totally make it not worth the effort for most people to see what's posted, and totally prevent contribution.
These kinds of restrictions wouldn't be about strict secrecy, just effectively creating a white list for speaking. A +v in IRC terms.