Hello everyone,

Follow up from a thread I opened a month ago (https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/6090857)

The main issue I see with creating Movie Discussion threads in this community is that there is no way to link them in a megathread, as post links depend on your instance, and there is no way to have a link that would work for everyone (except relying on add-ons such as Instance Helper, but that’s not idea). So for people to see them, you either need to have them pinned, cluttering the community, or you need to rely on people on finding them (e.g. adding a shortcut in the sidebar with a precreated search, however I don’t know if that would work on mobile clients, and visibility wouldn’t probably be the best).

One way to handle this would be to use another community dedicated to movie discussions threads, were only that type of content would be allowed.

There is currently !movies@lemm.ee that we do not currently use but that could fit that need.

What do you guys think?

      • nightofmichelinstars
        2·
        1 year ago

        Thanks. RE your question, i’m down for discussions but i’m not sure why those threads would need to be pinned or other special treatment. Am I OOTL on lemmy suppressing self posts or sthg?

        • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.deOP
          3·
          1 year ago

          It’s more about people being able to find them. If you look at https://old.reddit.com/r/movies/, they have one pinned thread that links to the current discussion threads.

          We cannot do this on Lemmy, as links are instance-dependent.

          Creating the threads without pinning them would mean they would get lost quickly. Pinning them all would clutter the community.

            • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.deOP
              4·
              1 year ago

              I just want the community to be successful, not sure what you mean by that?

              I would definitely like to see someone else starting this kind of discussions, but there doesn’t seem to be anyone yet.

              • raoulraoul@lemmy.world
                1·
                1 year ago

                By what metric is the community NOT successful in your opinion? Your enthusiasm is distorting your expectations. If I was so inclined, I could find dozens of your similar “problems” going back months now, even over at lemmy.film (RIP).

                Maybe there’s a reason no one else is “starting this kind of discussion”? That is, it’s not as important as you seem to think it is.

                Just let it happen. Breathe. This is supposed to be fun, not a chore.

                BTW, you’re doing a great job as is.

                • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.deOP
                  3·
                  1 year ago

                  It’s interesting, because back on lemmy.film we had dedicated movie threads, and they initiated interesting discussions. They still exist on !movies@lemmy.world, and have some success, depending on the movie.

                  As always, it’s a “build it, and they will come”, but in this case, we haven’t built the place to discuss the movies yet.

                  BTW, you’re doing a great job as is.

                  Thanks

  • Shyfer@ttrpg.network
    1·
    1 year ago

    I don’t mind them being pinned and cluttering up the top for a week or two, but that’s just me.