I feel like there’s a bit of a misunderstanding here.

When I say a “general” community, I mean one that accepts literally any submission category from politics and rants to random images and screenshots and video links about any topic. Likely with only basic limitations like NSFW and hate speech.

I’ll also add I very strongly disagree with point 6. I really dislike that kind of opposition towards growing Lemmy. Prioritizing principles over growth? Sure. But being actively in opposition to accepting normies and coming into a mainstream position as the new way to do forums on the internet is, I believe, fundamentally also in opposition to the whole purpose of the project. Lemmy has no point if it is not to replace the structure of Reddit, whether it be Lemmy itself or a prototype for a bigger and better successor to bring some good future permutation of the Fediverse to the forefront.