I’ve been pondering this for a while, and wanted to bring it to the wider Lemmy community:

Should Lemmy consider potentially adding a feature similar to Discord’s @everyone (or maybe @all)—but strictly limited to moderators of a community?

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The idea is this: If a mod needs to get the attention of all subscribers to a Lemmy community—say, for instance migrations, rule changes, major events, or time-sensitive issues—there’s currently no effective way to notify everyone at once. Even if they pin a post or make a sticky, there’s no guarantee everyone will see it, especially in larger or more passive communities.

A feature like @everyone could potentially solve this by triggering a notification or at least a visible alert for every subscriber, similar to how Discord handles announcements.

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Potential Benefits:

Improved communication during emergencies or migrations (such as an instance shutdown).

A good way to highlight major community-wide polls, rule changes, or reorganizations.

Could help smaller communities stay engaged and informed.

Ensures announcements don’t get buried in active communities.

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Potential Concerns:

Abuse or spam from overuse by mods (though this could be mitigated).

Notification fatigue if used too often, especially in large communities.

Could feel too centralized or “top-down” in a decentralized ecosystem like Lemmy.

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Possible Solutions or Safeguards:

Limit the feature to 1 use every X days per community.

Require a confirmation popup or warning before sending it.

Allow users to opt out of @everyone notifications in their settings.

Only make it active in posts or announcements, not comment threads.

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I’m curious—has this feature ever been proposed officially before? And more importantly, what are your thoughts?

Would a feature like this enhance moderator tools and improve communication, or would it be too easily abused and go against Lemmy’s decentralized principles?

Looking forward to hearing everyone’s take.