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How to handle multiple magazines on the same subject but on different instances?

How do y'all handle reading and posting to multiple magazines on the same subject? As an example, 3D printing is a hobby of mine. I searched and found 3 different primary magazines and 2 adjacent (see below). Is there a point to the 2nd and 3rd most popular ones? Do I subscribe to them all? Do I post to one or to all? Do the...

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That's definitely on my Lemmy wishlist -- some way to create merged communities. As it is now, there's too much potential for fragmentation across instances.

As of now, I just subscribe to whichever instance's community is the most active / has the most subscribers, which feels sub-optimal.

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Same problem as with any social network migration: the network effect.

Sometimes the largest equivalent Lemmy community for a subreddit is tiny, or worse, nonexistent. Sure, you can go create one, but unless you can also convince other people to join with you, it won't be much fun.

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