I’m not 100% sure if this is the right community for my question. Should that be the case, I want to apologize.
Alternative to mega-threads: Could this feature be implemented by a Lemmy instance?
Basically, my idea is to allow community mods to quarantine posts into groups called super-threads. These super-threads would show up in the community appearing like regular post. But when you open such a super-thread, you would see an overview over all the posts quarantined to this super-thread. It would look similar to a community. Quarantined posts could still be found by a search but they wouldn’t show up in the community overview or the general feed. Only the super-threads themselves would show up there. That way, mods could stop a single topic from overwhelming a community by quarantining all related posts to one super-thread. Thereby, super-threads could replace existing mega-threads while maintaining the forum-like form of Lemmy.
I like the idea, but i’d prefer an almost sub-sub-community approach (especially without having any form of tagging implemented).
like if a specific topic becomes too frequent, you could use the “mega” or “super” thread pin slot to instead give a new view of all threads of just that topic, sortable and searchable the same way a regular magazine or community is.
This clears the main feed for the community, doesn’t stifle discussion as they are still their own posts, and really has all the benefits of creating a whole new community just for the topic, but while keeping the current moderators and community in control. A nice intermediate step between “this topic is flooding the community” and “this topic demands it’s own community entirely”
Bonus: each metathread (which i’m calling this idea now, i’ve just decided) serves as a automatic archive of the event/topic in question.
Could even come with a “promote to full community” button for moderators who don’t want to deal with it anymore.