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

  • Post / Reply takes up to 20 seconds. This mainly happens in larger communities. We’re troubleshooting this. Anyone wanting to help troubleshoot, please DM @ruud@lemmy.world . Big plus if you can read the Lemmy source code so we know what it actually does.
  • Posting big posts of over 2000 characters fails, the Post button will stay spinning

Enhancement requests

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

    Some issues I’ve seen, mostly related to interactions with mastodon. I generally use Mastodon more so I’ve been playing with it.

    1. I can follow a lemmy community on my mastodon account but all the posters do not show their avatar. (actually i just checked again and my avatar shows up, but others don’t, so perhaps there is a long delay?)

    2. I replied to a lemmy post on mastodon, and it showed up in lemmy, but when I’m logged in to lemmy and I try to post a reply to that it never publishes, the “post” button becomes the spinner and never makes the reply. This post for reference. This is the only one that feels like a bug.

    3. when someone on another lemmy instance makes a post on our community, a mastodon toot goes out, but it links to their post on their community. It makes it a little odd to follow a link and it takes me to another instance than the one hosting the community. Maybe this isn’t a bug, just kinda annoying, kinda fediverse in general it’s tough to bounce between instances. Example. Ok making that link, it’s clear that the “post” originated from the instance. I guess this is just how it works. Message Board systems are a bit more tricky than twitter-style systems.

    4. When I make a post, it’s got a warning Warning: If you deselect Undetermined, you will not see most content. and I have no idea what this is talking about.

    5. I wish the community page would let me sort the rows by Subscribers.

    • Ruud@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Thanks! I’ll see which of these I can fix at server level and which are for the devs.

      • HiddenTower@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        Hey /u/Mac if you know more can you expand? I understand it’s asking me to pick a language, I just don’t understand the warning. If i’m posting in english, it seems I should pick “english”, but the warning makes it sound like i’ll be missing out if I do that. What would I miss out on? What does it mean to “not see most content”? Why even have an option then? It’s just super unclear what happens.

        • Mac@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Dunno m8. From what I’ve read it’s best to leave it undetermined.