I support it because I want more people to talk about shows with
Okay so how is there no nerdy subs for stuff like this?
There isn’t that few of us, I think we just keep getting drowned in politics.
There's a Doctor Who community, but it's not very active
Yeah… the only thing that gives me hope is the Simpsons shit posting sub, it’s just a little less active than the Reddit equivalent. I guess being a Simpson fan made you more likely to migrate.
I havent really kept tabs on how the "everything" feed works. Does it show posts from small communities here and there? Or is it the most upvoted stuff over the instance?
Some engagement algorithms to showcase popular posts from smaller communities seems like a good way to get people to branch from politics abd linux a little bit.
Edit: scaled view is really what im describing and already exists
I havent really kept tabs on how the “everything” feed works. Does it show posts from small communities here and there?
If you want to see posts from small communities (balanced with the larger ones) then select "Scaled" instead of "Hot" or "Active".
If you're sick of politics and tech then subscribe to communities you like and sort by "Subscribed" instead of "Local" or "All". Look here for relevant communities:
click here for a list of non-news/politics, non-tech, and non-meme communities.
These are currently active (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked)
GENERAL DISCUSSION / QUESTIONS
- !actual_discussion@lemmy.ca *
- !asklemmy@lemmy.world
- !casualconversation@lemm.ee
- !casualuk@feddit.uk
- !dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
- !general@lemmy.world
- !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
- !goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
- !preguntalealemmy@feddit.cl
- !rant@lemmy.sdf.org
ART / PHOTOS
- !artporn@lemm.ee
- !astrophotography@lemmy.world
- !accidentalrenaissance@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !collage@lemmy.ml *
- !desire_paths@sh.itjust.works
- !fakehistoryporn@lemmy.world
- !fediclicks@viewfinder.pro
- !foodphotos@sh.itjust.works *
- !hmmm@lemmy.world
- !imadethis@lemm.ee
- !imaginary@reddthat.com
- !inhabitedbeauty@lemmy.world
- !itap@lemmy.world
- !liminalspace@lemmy.world *
- !nocontextpics@lemmy.world
- !pixelart@lemmy.ml *
- !grasweeti@slrpnk.net *
- !traditional_art@lemmy.world
- !trams_trolleys_streetcars@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !gameart@sopuli.xyz
- !wallpapers@lemmy.ca
- !52weeksofart@lemmy.world
ANIMALS
- !bats@lemmy.world
- !catposting@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !cat@lemmy.world
- !catsstandingup@lemmy.world *
- !opossums@lemmy.world
- !scrungycats@lemmy.world *
- !superbowl@lemmy.world
COMICS / GRAPHIC NOVELS
- !alanmoore@feddit.uk *
- !comicstrips@lemmy.world
- !eurographicnovels@lemm.ee
- !truecomics@midwest.social *
- !garfield@lemmy.world
- !outofcontextcomics@lemmy.world
- !unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org
ENTERTAINMENT
- !80smusic@lemmy.world
- !90smusic@lemmy.world *
- !90s_tv@lemmy.sdf.org
- !badmovies@lemmy.world
- !bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world
- !boardgames@sopuli.xyz
- !cultfilms@lemux.minnix.dev *
- !dwarffortress@lemmy.ml
- !edm@reddthat.com
- !fullmoviesonyoutube@lemm.ee
- !gothindustrial@lemmy.world
- !iasip@sh.itjust.works *
- !martialartsmovies@lemm.ee *
- !metal@lemmy.world
- !movies@lemm.ee
- !music@lemmy.world
- !pokemon@lemm.ee
- !pokemon@lemmy.world
- !pokemongo@lemmy.world *
- !punk_rock@lemmy.ca
- !ska@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !thrashmetal@lemmy.world
- !trailers@lemmy.blahaj.zone
GENRES / STYLES
- !cassettefuturism@lemm.ee
- !cosmichorror@lemm.ee
- !cyberpunk@lemmy.zip
- !goblincore@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !goth@lemmy.ml *
- !lovecraft_mythos@lemmy.world
- !mullets@lemmy.ca *
- !raygungothic@lemm.ee
- !streetwear@lemmy.world *
- !the_heinlein_society@lemmy.world
- !vampires@lemmy.zip
- !weirdcore@sopuli.xyz
HISTORY
- !ancientcoins@lemmy.world
- !ancienthistory@slrpnk.net
- !askhistorians@lemmy.world *
- !historyartifacts@lemmy.world
- !historicalpropaganda@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !history@lemmy.world
- !historyporn@lemmy.world
- !historyruins@lemmy.world
- !historyillustrations@lemmy.world
INFORMATION / KNOWLEDGE
- !catastrophicfailure@lemmy.world *
- !creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
- !dataisbeautiful@lemmy.ml
- !documentaries@lemmy.cafe
- !esa@feddit.nl
- !explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
- !humanities@beehaw.org
- !math@lemmy.world
- !mealtimevideos@lemmy.cafe
- !solarpunk@slrpnk.net
- !til@lemmy.world
- !vexillology@lemmy.world *
- !wikipedia@lemmy.world
OTHER
- !andfinally@feddit.uk
- !academiagonewild@lemmy.world *
- !badrealestate@feddit.uk *
- !buyitforlife@slrpnk.net
- !chaoticgood@sopuli.xyz
- !internetisbeautiful@lemm.ee
- !internetisbeautiful@lemmy.ml *
- !internetisbeautiful@lemmy.world *
- !publictransport@slrpnk.net
- !recommendations@lemmy.world
- !sillydrawingrequests@sopuli.xyz
- !stick@sh.itjust.works *
- !sumo@lemmy.world *
- !shortstories@literature.cafe
- !treehuggers@slrpnk.net
- !vintageads@sh.itjust.works *
- !whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
- !woahdude@lemmy.world *
- !youcantparktheremate@feddit.uk *
FEDIVERSE
- !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- !fediverse@lemmy.world
- !fediverselore@lemmy.ca
- !growthefediverse@slrpnk.net
- !lemmyapps@lemmy.world
- !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com
FINDING NEW/GOOD COMMUNITIES ON LEMMY
- !communities@ponder.cat
- !communitypromo@lemmy.ca
- !findacommunity@lemmy.ml
- !index@lemmy.world *
- !newcommunities@lemmy.world
- !trendingcommunities@feddit.nl
click here for a list of meme communities
MEMES, SOCIAL MEDIA REPOSTS, AND HUMOR (NON-POLITICAL)
Most of these are currently active. (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked). Sometimes politics sneaks in but that's not the focus.
- !196@pawb.social
- !onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !19684@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !2meirl4meirl@lemmy.world
- !4chan@lemmy.world
- !animemes@ani.social
- !atheistmemes@lemmy.world
- !bonehurtingjuice@lemmy.ca
- !comedyheaven@lemmy.world
- !dankchristianmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !dankmemes@lemmy.world
- !fediashitpost@fedia.io
- !fedimemes@feddit.uk
- !femcelmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !funny@sh.itjust.works
- !funny@lemmy.world
- !furry_irl@pawb.social
- !greentext@sh.itjust.works
- !gunmemes@lemmy.world *
- !high_quality_gifs@lemmy.sdf.org
- !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
- !mathmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !me_irl@lemmy.world
- !memes@lemmy.world
- !memes@sopuli.xyz
- !memes@lemmy.ml
- !microblogmemes@lemmy.world
- !nocontextpics@lemmy.world
- !nominativedeterminism@feddit.uk *
- !nonsense@moist.catsweat.com *
- !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
- !shirtsthatgohard@lemmy.world
- !shitposting@lemmy.ml
- !shittylifeprotips@lemmy.world
- !memes@slrpnk.net
- !fbstolencontent@lemmy.ca *
- !surrealmemes@sh.itjust.works *
- !tech_memes@lemmy.world *
- !badrealestate@feddit.uk *
- !garfieldism@lemmy.blahaj.zone *
- !ancientinternet@lemmy.world
- !the_pack@lemmy.world
- !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
Unfortunately, nerdy =/= tech literate, and it's mainly tech literate people here at the moment. While there's likely a higher concentration of nerds here, many fringe interests still haven't hit critical mass
In my opinion, everyone who is like "we only want more people who understand the fediverse" are stupid.
How are people supposed to learn and understand the fediverse if they don't try it?
The more people we get off of corporate bullshit, the better.
☝️🤓
Everyone who is like "we only want more people who understand the fediverse" ~~are~~ is stupid.
~~Everyone are stupid~~ ❌
Everyone is stupid ✅
Do not question my ability to England.
My England is very good quality.
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
Diversity is paramount for social media, otherwise it becomes an echo chamber or worse.
Say what you will about the average redditor, but remember at a certain point they're just the average person.
I mean, love me some Linux nerds and Germans as much as the rest of you but lemmy needs more.
Personally, I think the big thing is that we need a tool to see who is defederated from who. We don't want some poor sod somehow thinking that since they are leftist that Hexbear or Lemmygrad would be a good place for them.
In reality we should.
To many in lemmy are to happy to stay in their special little corner.
Its just confusing to me because lemmy is made to give anyone their preferred corner.
Asking for low barrier to the largest instances (entry points for new users) seems like a different ask than for professional lemmings to give up their platform.
Asking for low barrier to the largest instances
And what defines a low barrier for entry? I just checked the sign-up process for Lemmy.world, and it's just email > password > agree to ToS > complete a Recapcha. All on one page. How is that any different to any corporate social media site?
The big hassle for signing up for Lemmy is finding an instance that matches your preferences, but I don't see how that's possible to get around. The only thing I can think of is streamlining join-lemmy.org to better direct people to a fitting server.
I know I'm being combatative here, but the thing that bugs me people keep parrotting the same complaints of "there's too much friction" when that problem has pretty much been fixed. Please focus on the currently existing problems instead
What I've seen many times is people stating the opinion that we don't need to grow. We're not some big commercial platform and we don't need to satisfy some investors. Growth will come naturally. Or it won't.
My opinion is, judging by the numbers... We aren't growing for quite some time now, so Lemmy will most likely stay what it is. I'd love if it were a super attractive place, though. And everybody would like to join.
Sane defaults are always a good idea. I'm a bit split on the "minimal effort" though. Minimal effort is letting some algorithms dictate what to consume, simple truths, and not bothering with complicated stuff like freedom or privacy.
And what I often see is people trying to solve such problems solely by technical means. And I think that's not even half of it. We mainly need a nice and welcoming atmosphere, nice and interesting people, good content...
I think we were growing and then the election cycle happened.
Kind of wish lemmy happened a decade earlier before all the constant rage.
A decade ago I don't think the circumstances would have allowed lemmy to exist because reddit was still in its growing phase and it was not as commonly known and appreciated as it is today.
It would have been cool to develop lemmy like that but I think now is the right time for people to realise why lemmy should exist.
I'm a reddit migrant, making a move on as many media platforms as possible away from corpo ones over to more decentralized or open source ones
My comments in other threads are not intended to be isolationist, and when I reas others I fear you misconstrue many.
We are not saying "let them stay on Reddit and other corporate media". We are saying "teach them, preach the benefit, and when they want to come, and are ready to come, they will."
That is how you nurture a growing community, vs "make line go up."
The more we can do to move people to the fediverse, thereby reducing corporate control, the better.
We should make one fully centralized mega instance and contain all the Redditors over there.
I thought that's what world was supposed to be
Isolationism occurs in any functioning group because people fear losing it, or being drown out by the new users. There's also the small sect of people who seem to have the vocal attitude of "well I figured it out so you shouldn't need my help," which I've run into in varying forms.
I remember it happening on Reddit too. First when the great Digg migration occurred. And at various times later in some subs that shot to frontpage level popularity.
I think we should encourage migration. Lemmy isn't going to shoot to Reddit levels overnight, we're probably seeing a growth that will plateau, then shrink as people miss their niche communities (which we have too few active users to have thrive). If we're very lucky the folks that stick around will grow Lemmy 10ish%. But every time we do that those niche communities become that much more viable and Lemmy in generally becomes more appealing lurkers.
Check out https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats&months=24
Monthly active users are actually pretty stable over the last 2 years, while posts and comments are steadily rising. While monthly active user growth would be better, I don't think we're in a bad spot right now.
Granted, all of Lemmy should strive to figure out how to get more people on the platform so more niche interests can hit critical mass. My point is that things are currently stable so the sky isn't falling
I don't think Lemmy is going to catch on. There's too much friction every step of the way, at least in my experience with it. I still enjoy using Lemmy, but I can see why the majority of people won't end up making the switch
What friction is there compared to besides picking an instance that works for the user?
Too often people say "There's too much friction every step of the way" when it's literally 1 extra step. That extra step might be a big pain itself, but don't exaggerate and make it out like there's more steps and pain than there really is
This is probably in response to the thread here.
I know I said something that may be taken this way, and I stand by it so I'll repeat it here:
There was something in retail I learned. There are people who will come in on sale days, and they will demand perfect customer service, and demand the lowest prices, and ask for more sales and bring coupons, all while talking about how they spend so much money there and that they’re so loyal. Then they’ll leave and you’ll never see them again
You can spend time and effort with them, the ones who only care about the cheapest place, or you can spend time with the customers who are actually there regularly. The ones who get to know your names, who are loyal, or enjoy a sale sure but also will be there even when there isn’t one.
I don’t want to attract users simply because reddit bad, and cater our experience for people who can’t bother to learn just the basic tenant of the fediverse. I want to cater our experiences for those who are here daily, and the ones who are genuinely interested. It’s the longer slower approach, but we’ll stay more true to our goals
I'm not afraid of saying that yes, that is my opinion. I've helped a lot of people migrate here away from Reddit, and I also hold the opinion that sign up is a bit daunting for users - but it's not impossible and it's gotten much easier than it was even just a few years ago.
What I see more often from people dipping their toes into the fediverse is constant complaining and whining. I've been through... 5-6 waves of new reddimigrants, and each time there are a quiet majority who pick up the fediverse and start running with it, and I've chatted with a good many of them. However, there's also a major chunk of people who immediately start complaining. There isn't feature parity, it's more confusing, it's less stable, why can't it do video - all of which have been answered a thousand times and are constantly improving.
To me it's exactly like the people shopping for sales. They come in, demand the absolute best service, complain that their niche communities aren't thriving, and refuse to even stick around for a week to see what it's like. If they aren't willing to even do the bare minimum of finding out "What is an instance?" then they're not going to stick around when we tell them that none of us can afford to host video, or that we will never have stability like Reddit, or this, or that. So I say let them leave. We came here to the fediverse because we want to build something different, and we know there are shortcomings that come with it.
If people want to join earnestly and help us build something here, curate small communities that we can be proud of, then I welcome them with open arms. If they can't even bother to read the first two sentences on the joinlemmy page, well, you make your own success there.
Ever since I read this blog post, The Indie Web for Everyone, I can't stop thinking about this quote when thinking about fediverse:
It’s like everyone has spent the last few years in a giant all-inclusive resort, screaming at each other for attention at the buffet. Now we’re moving into nice little bed-and-breakfast places, but we’re complaining because it takes slightly more effort to book a room, and the free WIFI isn’t as fast. Maybe its time to rethink some of these expectations. Maybe we need some of that early internet vibe back and be ok with smaller, closer communities. Maybe we can even get some of the fun back and start exploring again, instead of expecting everything to be automatically delivered to us in real time.
I think you are right, as much as fediverse is an alternative to the current social media, by its design it requires a completely different culture than how the general public has became used to interacting with the web - as a commodity.
Who's "we"? I don't run a lemmy instance. I'm not against new users. I'm also not opposed to a lot of hard work and money going into making the experience better, but since I'm not providing either - who's "we"?
Lemmy.world users, and maybe other instances.
Its not about demanding new features from people who volunteer their time and money, its about the community being understood and maybe having some consesus about what we'd like to see because i do imagine the people who manage this instance care about what users want.
And its nice to talk about these things directly instead of having people speaking for the instance in a hundred conflicting ways in random posts.
Broader adoption of lemmy ensures more longevity, and likely better, more diverse development. Ignore the haters. Everyone was new here at some point and the last thing we should do is pull up the ladder behind us.
Change is good. Change is life. People who oppose change for its own sake are in favor of stagnation.
Apparently redditors who are too dumb to register should stay on reddit?
How else do you use a service but register? How are people supposed to help others that can't even register? Didn't they register for reddit? How can they register for reddit, but somehow fail at registering for lemmy?
It's like telling people "if you want to join lemmy, go to the join lemmy tent". People go to the "join lemmy" tent, see sign-up booths with "general", "LGBTQ", "French", "German", "Italian", "art", ... and just turn around going "OMG THIS IS SO COMPLICATED!!!!11!1!!!!!1!". Seriously, you tell me, what the hell can be done? Are they not self-filtering at that point? Do they want the server to be picked for them? They just open joinlemmy.org and are redirected to a random server or something? What if it's directed to hexbear?
Is having the freedom of choice really so complicated? I do honestly do not understand...
Perhaps if the differences between servers could be codified into one place then someone could create a "quiz" to help users narrow in on servers that are a good fit. Like this website: https://www.dumbphones.org/dumbphone-quiz
They already have a quiz on join-lemmy.org. they ask for interest and language, and filter instances based on that.
Granted the filtering could be better, as the top one recommended to me was sopulu.xyz. I like the Fins, but I can't speak any of the language. I had to scroll down about 10 to get to lemmy.world
Yeah, I think those two definitely aren't enough. Plus asking for an interest doesn't make a lot of sense coming over from Reddit. Most people aren't looking to join a server for only interest because they're used to being in subreddits for various interests
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