Asklemmy

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.