That could be a user setting, just like you specify how you want to rank the threads in your feed, you could specify also how to discriminate between threads that are sharing the same link: you could say you want the most recent one for example. Again, this could easily be done at the UI level.
Comment on Being subscribed to similar communities on multiple instances and seeing duplicates
Testuserplsignore@lemm.ee 11 months agoWhich one? Most upvotes? Highest total score? Most interacted with (e.g. most comments)? The instance you visit the most? Some combination of these?
AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Num10ck@lemmy.world 11 months ago
i’d want the comment chains merged
justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This sounds good in theory, but it’s going to be difficult if the communities have different rules. A comment made on the post in Community 1 might be okay IN Community 1 but innappropiate in Community 2 … how would you deal with this if the comment section was merged and appeared in both communties?