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What would you like to change about Lemmy culture? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I want less big general instances, and more small niche ones like StarTrek.website or MTGzone.com.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

lemmyworld and lemmyml must burn

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What are the differences if you come come from one instance or the other and why those 2 in particular should burn?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Lemmy.world is overwhelmingly Liberal (think Reddit 2), Lemmy.ml is largely Marxist, plus FOSS and Privacy enthusiasts.

I assume they believe that as large, catch-all instances, they are slowing growth of smaller, more niche interests.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Here's the thing: I agree with you on .world, but last I knew, .ml was STRUGGLING to not be seen as 'the default catch-all'. I don't believe ALL OF THEM belong on the flamethrower-ing list. I mean sure, the third of .ml that is loudly and obnoxiously anti-marxist can get on that list, but surely not the whole instance.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Fair, .ml can have a lot of awful takes on it too, that's why I have a couple accounts with the same name on other instances.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

it seems important to me to advocate that we don't completely alienate new users. Lemmy.ml may be the second largest most diverse instance behind .world but I vividly remember when migrating over that I wanted to sign up with at least one instance that maintained populated discussions on more than one current event. Lemmy is still pretty niche on its own, generally speaking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

second largest most diverse instance behind .world

Fifth biggest based on monthly activity

https://lemmyverse.net/?order=active_month

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Me too, I'm working on encouraging it. Progress is slow.