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[–] Clbull 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Lemmy needs more small communities.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

As someone who started and is extremely active in a small community, I find Lemmy actively hostile to the point where I'm considering closing up after less than a month.

The number of indignant replies and comment-free downvotes we get inundated with continually is... disheartening.

People want content, but actively detract from any content that doesn't cater to them. It's hard to take.

[–] HiddenLychee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy is the small community lmao

[–] Clbull 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's not exactly what I meant. Aside from a decent Trekkie presence, I don't think we've seen smaller Reddit communities leave for Lemmy.

[–] HiddenLychee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh sorry, I knew what you meant. I was just being tongue in cheek haha. But you're right, we don't have any niche presence and that's what made reddit what it was.