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• Joelk111@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is the reason. I can get all the Linux discussion I want on Lemmy, but discussions about an Acura RSX? That community is on reddit.

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  • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There is zero car talk on Lemmy and it fucking sucks ass.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Well that’s just not true…

      !fuckcars@lemmy.world

      We talk about how much better the world would be without cars. That qualifies as car talk, right?

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    • azl@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      There are definitely high-IQ car guys and they are soul of car forums/reddits. But based on my observation of the diagnostic and critical thinking skills of the other 90%, they are probably never going to figure out how to use Lemmy.

      And somehow we need both types (maybe for sample size?) in order to have a thriving niche community about anything.

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  • ad_on_is@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah… I also miss doom-scrolling unixporn and ergomechkeyboards in here.

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  • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    TF2, a very popular game, is barely present here! Let alone niche indies!

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  • spookex@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Tbf, for me, that’s more of a forum territory. I wasn’t even using the subreddit for Aprilia motorcycles, but been on Apriliaforum for years

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• But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There are some pretty basic communities that are non existent or dead on Lemmy and I hate it

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  • TheMachineStops@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    A good example is the Usenet community, in Lemmy there is barely any activity, on reddit people post daily.

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• No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Use RSS to read them.

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  • dukethorion@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You can’t participate through RSS.

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    • No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Correct. Less engagement for them, still can get your fix of reading specific things. A read only option to lurk is better than missing everything.

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      • dukethorion@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I suppose, but anything I’d consider a niche community probably has worthwhile discussions, questions, answers, etc. They aren’t read-only.

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