this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2023
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Every single large server in this federation has at least one Star Trek community. There is even an entire server dedicated to Star Trek.

Not only that, these communities are some of the most active I've ever seen. There is no other franchise I know of that dominates the federation as much as Star Trek does.

So, what's the correlation with Lemmy and Star Trek? Why not other sci-fi series? Please, are there any connections?? Is this all coincidental?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

This is actually something i also noticed when i switched to lemmy from reddit. In reddit its all star wars and here its all star trek. I lean more in the star trek direction so im happy here

[โ€“] someguy3 11 points 9 months ago

It's only logical.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's popular, very memeable, has a long history, and most importantly: there's 2-3 series of it running right now. So it's topical and being engaged with.

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[โ€“] RampantParanoia2365 10 points 9 months ago (8 children)

You do understand the entire structure of this Network is based on Star Trek, right?

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[โ€“] Thcdenton 9 points 9 months ago
[โ€“] sagrotan 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What do you mean "no other scifi series"? Muad'Dib Muad'Dib Muad'Dib

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[โ€“] unreachable 9 points 9 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Because that community decided to leave and start a place here when things blew up. Other communities didn't. They're active, so people hang out there. There's a fairly low barrier to entry for new folks to participate (a lot of people have watched some Star Trek).

Really, having an active community say, we're leaving and setting up shop here goes a long way. I wish my niche subreddit had done so as well.

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