They're also dynamically adding communities (the idea is that people will post to, say, sports.gunners and then once that gets popular enough it would get split off into its own community), which is a good idea, but it's nice to be able to make your own from the get-go.

[–] I_am_the_grass 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think it's a smart way to manage scaling your site but I think what made Reddit unique (and what Lemmy is replicating) is the ability to create your own little bubble in the world no matter how niche. I was aware of Tildes and still chose Lemmy instead for that reason.

Honestly, I'm starting to prefer the smaller community here on /c/gunners even compared to /r/gunners. Feels a little more personal.

[–] sensiblepuffin 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I signed up for Tildes, Kbin, and Lemmy but that's just because I wanted to be on the trains early. I don't mind Tildes for general discussion (i.e. what video games are you playing or what's your opinion about this world event) but I don't think I'd enjoy talking about something that only affects us (Pepe being sold) on Tildes. I'm glad we have some semblance of options post-exodus.

As to your last point, I'm liking it a lot too, perhaps because there's a smaller percentage of lurkers? There's such a small population we all have to pitch in to get anywhere near what r/gunners was like. At least that's my theory.

[–] throbbingpens 2 points 1 year ago

Fully agree. I prefer that we already have /c/gunners here.