I preferred when reddit was this size, and I prefer Lemmy to be this size (or marginally larger)
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jali67@lemmy.zip 1 day agoTbf, this place is still missing a bunch of communities that Reddit has
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
jali67@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I wouldn’t mind it if it didn’t lack sports so much. That is half the reason I would be on Reddit.
4am@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Gee, what a perfect opportunity we’ve stumbled across
jali67@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
We need more users. For sports for example, I doubt you’d even have even users for individual teams. A general sports community might be feasible though.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I think I’m one of like 3 sumo fans on here
4am@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Oh fuck is there a sumo community I should be a part of? November basho is so close, how far will Aonishki go? Is Hosh really back? What happened to Takeyasu’s hot streak from a few tournaments back? Is Ura still the love of my life? Will Kotoeiho ever make it back to Makuuchi??
FiddlersViridian@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
If you’re up for it, try to convert me into a fan. Why should I care about sumo? <Insert joke about fat guys in diapers> (FWIW I’m genuinely asking, I know nothing about it beyond pop culture depictions, and that it has a long history, but I’ll bet there are good reasons why you love it.)
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Yeah. The broncos have a community. It’s pretty much empty despite them having a really good season this year.
4am@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Birds won’t visit a feeder you haven’t hung.
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Problem is critical mass for communities that simply won’t happen because of the overall demographics of Lemmy’s userbase - it would make little sense to have a community centered around, say, Facebook or Google products because the common Lemmy user is inclined to dislike either of them.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Lemmy is pretty much just /r Linux and related subs.
Secret_Music@crazypeople.online 1 day ago
Also, with the way people are around here, a Facebook or Google centred community would just be smartasses shitting on Facebook and Google and anyone that tries to post about them.
I see this hasn’t changed much since I was last here on Lemmy. Even this comment chain, I’m replying to, instead of suggesting nicely to OP to start a community and get something going here, it’s snark and sarcasm. And I know that would put me off, if I was considering making a community before that.
4am@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
You know, we say that but Reddit had and has more snark and sarcasm than even this place and they seem to have all the communities.
Just start a community, and if people show up to your little pod of Facebook Marketplace reposting enjoyers and shit on your parade, show them the fucking door.
Yeah I hate Facebook and Google and I wouldn’t willingly participate in those; but there is plenty of AI related shit in my All feed here that I just ignore because, while I fucking hate the religion created around generative AI those people aren’t bothering me.
Now Nazi’s on the other hand I will gladly chase the fuck outta here. But you can, as a moderator, just delete the snark from your new community. The software just lets you do it.
Vespair@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Turns out, people actually like snark and most attempts to quell it have been vastly more about appearing “advertisers friendly” than actually appeasing any user bases.