In this post I will list the known issues or possible improvements for Lemmy.world.

Please comment with any issue or area for improvement you see and I will add it here.

Issues can be:

  • Local (lemmy.world) (also performance issues)
  • Lemmy software issues
  • Other software related (apps/Fediverse platforms etc)
  • Remote server related
  • (User error? …)

Known issues

  • Posting big posts of over 2000 characters fails, the Post button will stay spinning
  • Top posts page gets a stream of new posts ? Websockets issue
  • You’re suddenly in another post than you were before > Websockets issue

Enhancement requests

  • Can themes be added? > To be checked if this can be done without changing code.
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    1 year ago

    It surprised me that the communities list can’t be sorted by clicking on column headers; especially because the mouse cursor becomes a pointing-finger when hovering over them.

  • cameron_@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    On the homepage lemmy.world, new posts keep appearing at the top even when not sorting by new. This causes annoying layout shift, especially when browsing all communities, not just local ones. (I use Firefox / Win 10)

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      1 year ago

      I have the same issue. Makes the front page unusable with the flood of posts pushing everything down. Firefox / Win 11

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      This seems like a really big problem to me. I tried searching lemmy for it, but have not found anything conclusive.

      I found a post or two claiming that the issue is that the API is implemented using websockets only, so it’s not as simple as just turning it off. I really hope that is not the case, since I currently can’t read anything on the frontpage that takes more than a few seconds!

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    New posts appear “live” at the top of the frontpage regardless of what sorting method is chosen. This disrupts the reading process and minimizes any expanded image view. Is there any way to disable this “live feed” behavior?

    Also, the “sorting help” button points to a dead link.

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    In the comment listing, each comment first has an avatar, then the username, then the [—] button to collapse the comment thread. Observation: Because username length varies from comment to comment, the [—] button is in a different horizontal position. Consequence: As a user, it is tedious to collapse several comment threads because I have to search for that [—] button.

    Request: put the [—] button as first item, to the left of the avatar and username.

    • OBI@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Same here. Upvotes never seem to work for me on either the app or web.

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      I get these random votes whenever I sort comments with anything else than the default sorting : it shows for it’s post’s votes.

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    I scanned through the comments here and I don’t think it’s been mentioned yet, but I would love, love, love to have an option added to settings to open links in a new tab (or possibly windows if some people would prefer that). The current behavior is to open in the current tab, which I am so unaccustomed to I keep closing the tab when I’m done with it rather than hitting the back arrow.

    It’s quite jarring to not open in a new tab these days, especially for external links.

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    1 year ago

    A big issue that I’m constantly having is that, I fully open a post and read it, and then all of a sudden the post has switched to an entirely new one. It has happened a few times now during my time typing this comment; here’s a screenshot of it.

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    An Improvement I would like to see:

    When scrolling my front page, I would like to be able to click the thread picture to a) see the ‘body of the post’ prior to entering the thread and b) if it is a picture be able to ‘drag to resize’ prior to entering the thread… I know these would all take a while to do, but it would be what I would like most.

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    I have my viewing type set to “All” on my settings but when I go to the index page (lemmy.world), it’s set to Local.

    Not sure if it’s an issue or just a symptom of lack of large communities yet but I also tend to see the same posts on the top every time (“If we want this to work out make content do not just lurk”, “All the sad” and “important rulepost”).

    Edit: Also there’s an issue when posting. I click “Post” and it gets stuck in the spinning icon despite my profile indicating my comment has been posted successfully.

    Edit 2: Related to my second paragraph, I suggest changing the default sorting to Hot instead of Active. At least currently, Active keeps a handful of the same posts permanently on top, giving the impression of inactivity for newcomers used to Reddit. Hot will provide a more varied front page.

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    A couple times I’ve clicked a post and a completely different post opened. The latest one was a cat pic I was going to show my daughter and porn opened instead. I’m not subscribed to any porn communities and there weren’t any porn posts in the list on my homepage. This is a real problem. I went back and clicked the link and it worked as expected.

    Also, as I was typing this comment, the main post I was replying to changed, but the comments stayed the same. Weird.

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      I hope all the weirdness is over when they remove websockets and replace it with http. That will be in 0.18 I’m sorry for the unfortunate situation…

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        Thanks. Not a huge deal for me, just a little uncomfortableness, but I assume it could be a big problem for someone browsing at work.

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      Thanks for mentioned that. I thought I was mis-clicking, but I think I’m experiencing the same thing you are.

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    The hot sort appears to be frozen for the last 24 hrs. The top posts on all or local haven’t changed in nearly a day. There appears to be a bug causing a deadlock in the database (see issue 3076 for more info). The only solution seems to be to restart the instance when that thread crashes.

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    • The message about choosing a language when making a post is not clear. Like, is selecting a language good or bad for visibility versus using the default “undetermined.”

    • What are the best practices for uploading an image on a post here, what about technical posts that need a gallery, gifs, mp4, etc.?

    • as far as possible sub communities: astrophotography, telescopes, bicycle, bikewrench, arduino, esp32, hardware hacking, fedora, Linux hardware, and electrical engineering were some I regularly browsed or participated in on deddit. Not that these are needed, but I wish I could drag these communities over here

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      If the choose language field were labeled something like ‘Preferred Content Language’ or ‘Preferred Language’ language, I think that would help. The ‘undetermined’ option could be renamed to ‘Any’.

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      (Apparently “undetermined” should actually be UNchecked to get more content, unless you alternatively check all boxes; e.g. if you check undetermined, post tagged as “English” won’t show up)

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    Uploaded images autorotate, and I couldn’t find how to manually rotate it prior to postinf. I’m using web/android if it matters