“we should stay weird. unsanitized. unmarketable. for to do otherwise would be to forfeit the very soul of what makes the fediverse so special”
also published at vanta.blog/posts/2025-8-14-stay-weird-fedi
It’s still annoying me that we can’t comment on mastodon with our lemmy accounts
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 3 weeks ago
Keep up the good work, you are the coulour full points of the internet
two points:
Jesus_666@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Of course it’s more normie. As more people from more diverse communities join, the average becomes more, well, average.
For instance, not everyone who moved over from Reddit is a communist trans furry cybersecurity expert in a chastity belt – some people even somehow manage to be none of those things.
I think there is room for them and there’s even room for them thinking the original crowd is weird. We need to maintain that “weird” is good, though, and that people can just look away if a topic makes then uncomfortable.
It works with .ml and friends – they can spend all day living their understanding of communism and everyone who doesn’t share that understanding can just block them and move on with their lives.
vantablack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
were you reading it on the linked page or just the preview? because yeah the preview is a total clusterfuck but the post itself is a link to cyberpunk.lol/@vantablack/115031484305199282 where there’re actual lines and paragraphs and shit lol
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 3 weeks ago
I went there to read it as I couldn’t cope with the wall ;)