this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
1366 points (97.6% liked)

Lemmy.World Announcements

29028 readers
3 users here now

This Community is intended for posts about the Lemmy.world server by the admins.

Follow us for server news ๐Ÿ˜

Outages ๐Ÿ”ฅ

https://status.lemmy.world

For support with issues at Lemmy.world, go to the Lemmy.world Support community.

Support e-mail

Any support requests are best sent to [email protected] e-mail.

Report contact

Donations ๐Ÿ’—

If you would like to make a donation to support the cost of running this platform, please do so at the following donation URLs.

If you can, please use / switch to Ko-Fi, it has the lowest fees for us

Ko-Fi (Donate)

Bunq (Donate)

Open Collective backers and sponsors

Patreon

Join the team

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
1366
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by andobando to c/lemmyworld
 

There is a huge emphasis I see on just growing community size and creating an alternative to reddit.

Back in the day we used to hang out in irc chats with 5-10 active users or forums with few thousand users max. I made friends there I visted across countries. Years after Id log in and people would ask how you've been.

I had a reddit account for over 10 years and I dont think a single person would recognize my username. Its always felt like people aren't talking to you but trying to appeal to the whole audience for points. Reddit exploits our psychology for attention but nothing humane is gained there. The super massive "community" ends up as a void where 99% of posts go completely unseen and any discussions suffer heavily from mod mentalities.

If this a place where even just ten people call home but feel good doing so, that is more good than a million being miserable. Maybe the best alternative is not to be reddit altogether.

Besides, good things have a natural tendency to spread, we don't need to focus on it.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly, both sides of the coin have merits. A quiet place where people recognise each other is perfect for making friends, but bigger communities collect more information and participation. It'll be significantly less personal, but it has its upsides.

Lemmy does deel a lot better than Reddit though, I have to agree :D

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

To me, the real benefit of growth is the ability to have active communities focused on niche topics, like discussion of a single book series rather than a genre or books in general.

I don't know if it's possible get there without creating an Eternal September situation in the broader communities, but it would be nice if we could.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Don't get me wrong, reddit was amazing until it's CEO wanted to cash in on the hard work done by its community. I don't have an issue with being profitable, the means used simply isn't acceptable.

[โ€“] Swoggles 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was just going to say this! I follow a few subreddits that involve a lot of theories and sharing of video game information. Those would be absolutely gutted/non-existent with a small community because discoveries would be too slow to maintain interest for most.

[โ€“] EsotericEmbryo 3 points 1 year ago

The gaming instance on beehaw is picking up steam! But yeah it will take some time before it's able to compete with r/gaming but I am here for it!