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lol I just replaced the image and name from this

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This is very doable for anyone to make, as lemmy already has a websocket API. There’s also a chat mode, even in threads here, to make every comment flat, rather than shown in a tree, but of course this kind of UI still feels more long form than real chat apps made for that purpose. n

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it doesn’t have to be flat, we can keep hierarchies in group chats

You really think of everything!

The chat toggle pretty much acts like this. However the issue is that there are also multiple posts, and what you are describing is a 4Chan style imageboard, but instead there is only one thread on the board. Kinda weird when you think of it becoming like a YouTube live chat, where the witty spammers and trolls are kings.

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that’s not what i had in mind. we can have multiple threads within a group chat

If your suggestion is on the lines of a 4Chan thread style imageboard, then we already have the chat toggle when we use web browser for Lemmy. Not a bad idea, it does give Lemmy a different character altogether, and it can create opportunities for both reddit and 4Chan style users.

something in this style would be really useful in the future, whenever the community grows larger

it could be used in something like AMAs or live discussions about a certain topic

I am having trouble imagining how that would work with Lemmy architecture.

Wouldn’t you want Matrix to be the protocol for a chat app?

Also, wouldn’t this concept be better implemented as an alternative interface for Lemmur instead of a whole new app?

Also, wouldn’t this concept be better implemented as an alternative interface for Lemmur instead of a whole new app?

I think that’s what she is saying essentially taking the data from Lemmy api and displaying it like a chat app

ie.

  • communities -> group chat
  • Posts and comments -> threads within group chats

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