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To be fair, to some of us this is a feature not a bug.
A technology post on a technology/infosec/IT focused instance seems to have a COMPLETELY different focus and conversation than one on the larger instances, for example and I don't want those mixed in with people saying that AI is a Jewish conspiracy to take over the world.
There are smaller dedicated art focused instances popping up too. I'd expect that they're going to have a better set of conversations around those subjects than the same threads on a general instance and I don't want those mixed up.
If it's a subject I really want to see a lot of discussion about, I'll look at multiple threads... can this mean that some subjects won't have as good of a conversation because people aren't bouncing off of each other? Yeah, absolutely and that frankly SUCKS, but, as stated, it also means that some of the niche conversations have a chance to grow where they may have previously just been unseen due to how many people are talking.
To me, they're on different instances for a reason, let it grow organically. The ones that stand out will wind up being the main ones people use.
As for amount of users. A decent amount of those are likely alts people created when instances were having problems or just to try out the different locations.
Or, people just didn't like the Fediverse for all the reasons you stated, which is also possible, but I don't necessarily think chasing numbers should be the end all goal
Completely agree, and I mentioned that in the post as well.
The issue with the current two Fediverse communities on . world and .ml is that they are pretty much the same. There is no adding values in posting and discussing the same things twice.
Yeah, but, I don't see how that really changes anything.
On a smaller instance (or one that's defederated from others ... in either direction), that might very well completely shift focuses.
For the Fediverse specific community, if you want one with the most chance of getting to the developers, use the instance that they're on, otherwise, I'd think to just let the cultures develop and diverge naturally as they're likely to.
I think the issue I have is that I feel that in the last few days, the content seems more stale.
That's why I had a look at active users and noted that we were fewer.
One potential way to address this would be to have one community to be the announcement one to the rest of the Fediverse.
Today, it feels like getting information to people is a hassle. They arrive on the platform, they subscribe to the top communities, and then what? How are they supposed to learn about LASIM, that if they move to a smaller instance for better performance they might have to ask their admin to run LCS to get a populated All feed, that they can have a look at !trendingcommunities@feddit.nl for rising communities?
We probably lack a reference website to answer all of these questions.
The solution is to stop subscribing to one of them. Eventually, if people follow this method, one will die out.
If the content is the same on each one with prime cross posting each time, then you aren't missing anything anyway
The issue is that due to the different defederation policies, some of the users don't really have a choice.
Hexbear, the 8th largest Lemmy instance, cannot access !fediverse@lemmy.world. They have to access !fediverse@lemmy.ml.
On the other side, some users don't want to subscribe to the LW version due to some decision of the LW admins.
So in the end anyone posting have to do it twice. And when it gets to cumbersome to post, people just stop doing that and go back to Reddit when it's more simple.
Edit: also see this type of comments
https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/2317684
Maybe you didn't understand what I wrote? Stop subscribing to both. Only interact with one. If that's the one people agree with, the other will die.
There is literally no reason to cross post to both of them. Stop doing that. Stop subscribing to both. Pick one and let the other die. The entire reason there are two is because you keep subscribing and posting to both of them. It will continue to be that way until you be the change you want to see.
If your instance has defederated, maybe it's time to find a new instance that isn't a POS? Every user has a choice. You can choose to go to an instance that isn't reactionary and arbitrary in their defederation policies. The whole point of the Fediverse is so you DO have a choice; that's the foundation of the entire Fediverse. There are many instances that are federated with both if you are wanting content from both. Just because one instance defederates from another doesn't somehow now make you beholden to one instance.
Well, it seems like you didn't understand what I wrote either.
User A on Hexbear doesn't have to choose, he can only access to lemmy.ml. He posts there. He has no option to choose the other one due to the defederation.
User B on Lemmy.world chooses lemmy.world. He posts there.
How is any of those communities going to die if people keep posting to both?
I understood what you wrote, but you are still not making any sense. A huser on Hexbear, if he wants to access fediverse@lemmy.world goes to another server that has access to that. There is a choice. If the instance you are signed up at is defederating like idiots (such as Hexbear), then move elsewhere. It's a simple choice. It's anything but "Having no options"
Exactly. Stop. You are creating the problem you are complaining about. Stop doing that and the problem goes away.
Sh.itjust.works, the 4th biggest instance, is defederated by beehaw, the 7th largest instance.
Should the 2357 monthly active users of Sh.itjust.works just leave to another instance to be able to access Beehaw communities?
You can also yourself choose only one community and only see the content once. Then your problem goes away.
Literally yes. That is how it works. If you don't like the federation policies of any given instance, MOVE. There is no reason to stick around an instance that has shitty policies. Why can't you understand this?
I don't have a problem. You are the one that has a problem with it. I subscribe to one community. My server doesn't defederate from anyone. I literally have zero problems of the type you are describing. Your problems are self-made. They aren't a problem with Lemmy, they are a problem with you putting yourself into that situation. It's the literal translation of the meme with the kid on the bike sticking the branch in his wheel and then blaming the bike when he crashes.
Well, good luck selling them that.
And good luck telling people not to crosspost when the audience is so fragmented.
I guess we can just agree to disagree.
Why am I going to sell them anything? It's a self made problem that is instantly fixed by stopping doing what the complaint is about.
It's like you are going to the doctor and saying "Doc, my hand hurts!" When the doc asks why you say you've been hitting your hand with a hammer. He tells you to stop doing that but you say "Good luck with that" instead of "oh right. Yeah that makes sense"
Lol what?