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I feel like if this was in place, it would neatly solve the issue of people not posting because they can't find a fitting community.

A user or a mod spots an incorrectly submitted post, the user that posted it can then move it to a suggested "general" community, or a specific community, possibly suggested by those who spotted the error. A mod could also do it. Maybe just have a default alternative to remove that sends it straight to a preset general community.

I don't know how many communities on Lemmy regularly remove incorrectly submitted posts that are otherwise unproblematic, but if there's a decent amount it could be essentially redirected to be a bit of a unique and interesting, very varied content stream.

I personally think it's unfortunate whenever an otherwise decent user ends up being rejected for not knowing exactly how to fit their submission into the platform. Certainly a lot of that happening on reddit.

I'm thinking if this is practical and feasible, it could give Lemmy a bit of a new growth advantage.

It is at 361,826 out of 1,000,000 signatures with the remaining trickle after the initial spike nowhere near the pace needed to hit the mark before the 31st of July 2025.

(https://www.reddit.com/r/StopKillingGames/comments/1flaevi/let_me_put_the_current_campaign_progress_into_a/)

I interpret the state of Ross Scott's SKG campaign like this:
It's pretty clear that democratically speaking, we do not object to companies arbitrarily removing access to purchased video games. Only a minority objects to it.

While it will stay up and get more signatures, there will ultimately be no follow-through to this campaign. The reality is that it's not politically sound, it's not built on a foundation of a real public desire for change. In other words, voters don't want it. You might, but most of your family and friends don't want it.

Because the shops don't fucking sell them, and that makes me sad for some reason.

They're just on like Temu and shit like that, usually with weirdly small black panels.

I posted a comment with a link to an article on CNN and several links to architecture and construction websites. It seems like reddit doesn't like comments with untrusted links? Are they being subtly hidden from the thread?

If this is being done at any scale at all I wonder if it's a significant cause of the feeling that the internet has shrunk into a few main sites, linking to a recognizable relatively small selection of news and media sources.