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Meta: Can we talk about non "Apple Enthusiasts" dominating the threads on c/apple_enthusiasts? (self.apple_enthusiast)

submitted 9 months ago by Ghostalmedia to c/apple_enthusiast

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Since a lot of folks sort by “all” on Lemmy, popular posts get overwhelmed by people who don’t daily drive operating systems like iOS or MacOS.

I like outside perspectives and all, but when the majority of the “community” discussion is coming from people who aren’t even using these products, it is pretty hard to have informed conversations.

Moreover, I feel like this type of engagement creates a lot of threads that get pretty combative and catty. They’re often started by people who are trying to argue and convince iOS / MacOS users that they’ve picked the wrong side of the fence.

Anyone else feel me on this? I imagine this is a problem for other communities on Lemmy as well.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Yes you can. It's a tradeoff/balance and not limited to just Apple (see neurodivergent, women, trans- oriented communities). If you gatekeep too hard then you lose out on vibrant discussion and it's a ghost town. If it's too popular on All then you get many of the same "popular" narratives being voted up, lots of arguing and so on.

I try to be aware of the community I'm on before commenting and follow in spirit. So I try to keep my opinions relatively brief in areas I'm not involved in.