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Diagon Lemmy - A Harry Potter-themed Lemmy Server is now live (before you block me instantly, please hear me out) (diagonlemmy.social)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by blueberry@diagonlemmy.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Harry Potter Fandoms will be a part of the Fediverse one way or the other. It’s better to shape this development rather than being overwhelmed by it.
Harry Potter Fandoms are a huge opportunity for the Fediverse. Look at what the collaboration of Lego and Disney brought to Fortnite. People want to spend time in places, in which they feel familiar and welcomed. I'm not saying collaborating with big companies here, what I'm saying is: the Fediverse needs to be filled with life and we have to use that opportunity first, before others do.
Don't throw the opinions of J.K. Rowling and its fandom in one bucket. It’s one of the biggest in the world, there is a broad range of opinions and people.
The Fediverse needs more projects that immediately make sense to people. Projects that you tell a person about, and they say: "Oh, yeah, that makes sense." Mastodon in comparison to Twitter was such a thing: its billionaire proof. Everybody gets why that's a good thing. A better, more open place to build Harry Potter fan sites could be another.
The project (including other places like this that may follow) could also become another attractive place on the Fediverse for the open-source community. Who wouldn’t be excited to help build the world of Harry Potter?

All of this is of course up for discussion. I'm a very stubborn person but I'm also able to listen ;)

Edit: I removed "queer friendly" from the description. Its not a claim that I can fully uphold anyways. Instead, it has a no tolerancy policy against transphobia, which is more clear and probably easier to enforce.

Here is the link: https://diagonlemmy.social

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[-] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

How much of every 1$ spent on HP merchandise makes it to to Rowling's pocket? Because there is a big difference between being a patron at a business and consuming a narrative product. Further, do you think it's the billionaire that you're affecting with your choice? Or the thousands of employees that will be laid off in a heartbeat before said billionaire loses a single dime?

[-] urda@lebowski.social 1 points 9 months ago

Far out man.

[-] ombremad@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago

I personally think it’s a very bad idea and politics will catch up on you eventually. But whatever floats your boat.

[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

it has a no tolerancy policy against transphobia

Does this include discussion of Rowlings current work like Bad Blood?

I ask because it gets to the core of why "separate art from artist" can't apply when you are promoting the works of active bigots. Reading Poe or Seuss harms no one, but starting a community to promote upcoming projects from a bigots, such as the TV show or the games.

It feels HP fans want to have their cake and eat it to, you can't be a trans ally AND be promoting the works of someone who uses that capital to actively harm trans folk. Which is why so many trans people are asking you to stop.

[-] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev -2 points 9 months ago

You and other trans who are asking people to stop are missing one important point: Harry Potter is the reason many trans people are still alive.

A story can walk farther even if the storyteller faltered sooner.

You have to understand that people often lose their way. It's in the nature of many humans to do so.

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[-] ONRYO@feddit.ch 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Ok ill probably drop in now and then

[-] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago

I'm sorry, but as a cis heterosexual man who has trans friends and has turned away from all things Harry Potter and JK Rowling in utter disgust, this strikes me as attempting to ignore the obvious transphobia of the TERF author in the hope of keeping your head in the sand and residing in a place of nostalgia solely because transgendered people aren't the majority.

I get your desire to grow the Fediverse, but if you want to create a community around a fandom, perhaps you should choose a piece of media that embraces inclusion rather than one that is simply popular?

Stop looking into your past fandoms with nostalgic rose tinted glasses, acknowledge that you can't have Hogwartz without the hatred, and find media that is straight up more inclusive.

[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 9 months ago

Perfectly said

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[-] aciDC14@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

Oh ok

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev -5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

How is it Harry Potter themed? There don't seem to be any specific Harry Potter colors, backgrounds, icons, emojis, etc. What do you mean by "themed"?

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[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone -5 points 9 months ago

The responses in this thread highlight my point. If you don't have explicit rules to stop that shit in its tracks (which you don't), you aren't queer friendly, because queer folk can't exist there without being told that transphobia is fine actually, as long as you like the person doing it.

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