Comment on The small scale of Lemmy's active user base is never more evident than in the absence of active members in all the sports related communities.

• dryfter@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Some hobbies don’t have enough “news” content. To make up for that you need more than a couple of active posters showing off what they’ve built or made.

  Not to mention, every instance could theoretically have a community for a specific hobby and it splits up the activity even more. And if I sub to all those communities I generally tend to get the same post over and over again in my feed.

  Then when it comes to things like news my experience has been it becomes like an echo chamber and any dissenting opinion is met with open hostility. Yes, it’s a two way street, but this post is a perfect example.

  The more users you have, the less the hostility has a chance to gain hold on a post. I’ve had some really great interactions in my short time on Lemmy, but I’ve also had and seen more hostility when I tried to be civil.

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  • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    but I’ve also had and seen more hostility when I tried to be civil

    I mean geez, have you seen some of the replies OP got in this thread?

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