In my opinion people focus too much on what lemmy could be and are failing to appreciate what it is.
Engaging with the platform as it is will better attract others than going elsewhere and promising things that lemmy might not ever be.
How can we make lemmy have more relevance?
Submitted 2 weeks ago by irelephant@programming.dev to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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Swordinferno@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
lordnikon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I could not agree more like the early web before it became popular enough for corporations to take notice and start exploiting it. Cherish being under the radar and enjoy the community that’s already here. More will come when they are ready just be ready to welcome them when they do.
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
are failing to appreciate what it is.
A firehose of US politics and bad news?
Swordinferno@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Lemmy is a platform without an algorithm, the content curation is in your hands.
My feed is shitposts and cute animals, if you don’t like what you see then unsubscribe from those communities.
JayGray91@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
This is where I feel piefed is better for onboarding new threadiverse users, from reddit or elsewhere.
On sign up, they ask you for some topics you’d like to see, ask about how you want to see US politics being in your feed, and lastly they have set topics feed already that you can choose to view.
Personally I think piefed is the next good iteration of the threadiverse. It’s an in between of having to curate your feeds on your own (Lemmy and mbin) and algorithmic feed (reddit and other thread based social media).
Desktop use is already good, although personally I’d like Tesseract front end support. Mobile still needs to be picked up by more apps personally. Interstellar is good, but I like the “read on scroll” and “hide read posts” from Thunder. Despite that though, it’s also good already on mobile browsers
irelephant@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I’m a big fan of what it is, but I’d love if there was something unique people could come here for, I’m describing it terribly though.
Azzu@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
It’s already unique. I can’t get what I get here anywhere else.
Sergio@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Lemmy is like a cafe, not like a stadium.
EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Aye - rather than how, why? I do not mind a smaller community.
Nay@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
I say upvote stuff more. Like a lot more. We like to watch the number go up, and the more we see it the more we engage, which should attract more users.
Newsteinleo@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
Just for that insight I will up vote you
Nay@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Boom!
Gork@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Methinks we need even more Linux discussions/debates/arguments.
dwemthy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
To keep it accessible we need to remember that most people have only heard of one or two distros
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Obvs what we need is our own Linux distro and it helps you self host your own instance
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Do we need to?
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I NEED MORE MEMES
Sergio@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
here you go:
click here for a list of meme communities
MEMES, SOCIAL MEDIA REPOSTS, AND HUMOR Most of these are currently active. (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked). Sometimes these include politics but that’s not the sole focus. - !onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone - !196@pawb.social
- !19684@lemmy.blahaj.zone - !2meirl4meirl@lemmy.world - !4chan@lemmy.world - !4chanFails@feddit.nl - !ancientinternet@lemmy.world - !animemes@ani.social - !antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world - !are_the_straights_ok@lemmy.blahaj.zone * - !atheistmemes@lemmy.world - !badrealestate@feddit.uk * - !bonehurtingjuice@lemmy.ca - !cartographyanarchy@lemm.ee - !comedyheaven@lemmy.world - !crumbgrabber@lemm.ee * - !curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works - !dankchristianmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone - !dankmemes@lemmy.world - !ehbuddyhoser@sh.itjust.works - !ExplainTheJoke@spaffel.social - !fbstolencontent@lemmy.ca * - !fediashitpost@fedia.io - !fedimemes@feddit.uk - !femcelmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone - !FOSSMEMES@lemmy.ml - !funny@sh.itjust.works - !funny@lemmy.world - !furry_irl@pawb.social - !garfieldism@lemmy.blahaj.zone * - !gifconversation@lemm.ee - !greentext@sh.itjust.works - !gunmemes@lemmy.world * - !high_quality_gifs@lemmy.sdf.org - !hq_memes@lemmy.world - !imgoingtohellforthis@lemm.ee - !internetfuneral@lemmy.world - !humor@beehaw.org * - !justpost@lemmy.world - !lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world - !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world - !linkedinlunatics@sh.itjust.works * - !lotrmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com - !loweffortmemes@crazypeople.online - !mathmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone - !me_irl@lemmy.world - !memes@jlai.lu - !memes@lemmy.world - !memes@slrpnk.net - !memes@sopuli.xyz - !memes@lemmy.ml - !Memes@europe.pub - !metalmemes@lemmy.world - !microblogmemes@lemmy.world - !MoldyMemes@spaffel.social - !nocontextpics@lemmy.world - !nominativedeterminism@feddit.uk * - !nonsense@moist.catsweat.com * - !okmatewanker@feddit.uk - !pokemonmemes@lemmy.world * - !programmer_humor@programming.dev - !reactionmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com * - !reallyshittycopper@lemmy.world * - !relationshipmemes@lemmyis.fun - !roughromanmemes@lemmy.world - !rpgmemes@ttrpg.network - !science_memes@mander.xyz - !shera@lemmy.blahaj.zone - !shirtsthatgohard@lemmy.world - !shitposting@lemmy.ml - !shittylifeprotips@lemmy.world - !shittytattoos@lemmy.ca - !spaceflightmemes@sh.itjust.works - !spooky_memes@lemmy.world - !surrealmemes@sh.itjust.works * - !tech_memes@lemmy.world * - !the_pack@lemmy.world - !transmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone - !trippinthroughtime@lemmy.ca - !TwoGoobers@lemm.ee - !wholesomegreentext@sh.itjust.works * - !wholesomememes@lemmy.world * - !wizards@lemmy.world - !witchymemes@lemmy.world - !wlw_memes@lemmy.world - !yurimemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !youtubeclassics@sh.itjust.works
irelephant@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
It would be nice to hear about it in other places.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you have a community in mind sure try to bring em along. But overall I don’t think Lemmy needs infinite growth like Reddit does.
I’ve watched a lot of forums grow, corrupt, die, move, etc. This is kinda a sweet spot right now.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
By participating on it, mainly. The more people notice that using Lemmy is a way to kill boredom and stay informed about things they are interested in, the more people will look here instead of (or in addition to) reddit or Facebook or other places.
Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Do we want lemmy having more relevance?
I like how it is. Most people is cool, one can exchange ideas with some sort of freedom. It’s nice here
xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
Comment on stuff I guess. Don’t worry about it. It seems to have already taken off.
StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
It’s the content that makes a platform relevant. So follow the usual youtube call to action.
Subscribe, comment, share and post.
Don’t bother preaching, it’s a waste of breath and is just annoying to the average person.
Kookie215@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Like other people said, just keep coming back and participating. Lemmy is gaining users and lots of communities are very active. I’m rotting my brain very well around these parts.
Damarus@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
By not letting AI slop take over
matengor@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I’m satisfied with the status quo. Maybe I’d like to see more entertaining satire communities. I still visit the r/comics subreddits from time to time and stuff like r/atbge, r/fuckmyshitup. Stuff like that.
And multis. I loved my multireddits.
dullbananas@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
ArtificialHoldings@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Literally this … On any group chat with an image embed, link to memes from Lemmy instead of the image directly.
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Just keep participating. Other platforms will occasionally explode, people will look here, and if they see activity, some will stay.
If you look at active user charts for Lemmy, basically every time Reddit explodes, Lemmy picks up permanent users.
Yermaw@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Yeah just use it as normal and have patience.
Only reason I’m here is after getting arbitrarily banned from reddit for the 3rd time and refusing to make a new one.
Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This really is the key.
The more people comment the mess it will feel like we are talking into a void. It feels good to engage with people and not bots
Seeing that little notification glow brings the warm and fuzzies.