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Zink@programming.dev 2 months agoYep, I’m ready to read the news that this platform surpassed the user base of Lemmy on the first day and never looked back. And I am ready to not be bothered by it.
Good on them for any pain they inflict on reddit. And I do hope the fediverse takes over the global media landscape because that is better for humanity than corpo-governmental gatekeepers. But if Lemmy’s user base just hangs around in the tens of thousands rather than the tens of millions, I am content.
knexcar@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I disagree about being content with a small user base, I want more niche communities beyond News/Politics, Linux/FOSS, and memes.
elephantium@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I have mixed feelings.
On one hand, agreed @ wanting more variety in communities.
OTOH, Lemmy already has too much fucking politics. I don’t want whatever’s infecting reddit to become even MORE prevalent here. shudder
knexcar@lemmy.world 2 months ago
How much worse could it really become in terms of politics? It already feels like 60% of posts are politics, and jumps to 90% if you include the “Windows/Google/AI bad, use Linux/Librewolf/Selfhost” posts.
elephantium@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well, I block posters and communities pretty quickly when I see politics. I already feel like I have to add to that list way too much. Worse would be “I can’t even click Next without needing to block another one”.
Doctorbllk@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Be the change you want to see in the world
YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
It’s effing hard. Doubled the numbers on one community after a year. Both of us are a bit depressed by that.
Doctorbllk@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
What community? This is your chance to recruit me, unless that’s against the rules
mrdown@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
My niche community on lemmy is 5 months old . It took me 1 month on digg to have more subscribers on it than on the lemmy counterpart with a very smaller userbase. More people contribute in the digg community then on lemmy too
k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Sorry for being off topic (from the article), but I have a little community of translators on lemmy.ca if you’re interested in niche communities.
MarieMarion@literature.cafe 2 months ago
What? Where? Nice!
k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Hi! It’s !translators@lemmy.ca Hopefully, I did the link right. I just started it a few weeks ago and I’d love to see more activity from others.
knexcar@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Sadly that’s not one of my niche interests. But thanks for the offer!
Zink@programming.dev 2 months ago
Oh I want those things too. The current size of Lemmy is not my ideal. It’s just really really nice in its current form for me as a unique little nerdy place hidden in plain sight from what most of the internet has become.
It was more the juxtaposition of how the world needs all these open technologies that people band together to create for the good of all, buuuuut if nobody notices this particular one then that will serve my personal interests. And to be clear I’m not hoping for that or trying to hold it back. Just pointing it out. :)