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I say upvote stuff more. Like a lot more. We like to watch the number go up, and the more we see it the more we engage, which should attract more users.
Just for that insight I will up vote you
Boom!
In my opinion people focus too much on what lemmy could be and are failing to appreciate what it is.
Engaging with the platform as it is will better attract others than going elsewhere and promising things that lemmy might not ever be.
Aye - rather than how, why? I do not mind a smaller community.
I could not agree more like the early web before it became popular enough for corporations to take notice and start exploiting it. Cherish being under the radar and enjoy the community that's already here. More will come when they are ready just be ready to welcome them when they do.
I'm a big fan of what it is, but I'd love if there was something unique people could come here for, I'm describing it terribly though.
Lemmy is like a cafe, not like a stadium.
This really feels like Reddit in the first couple years. It went to shit so gradually I didn't even notice although I can remember big events. I remember when "downvote ≠ disagree" and the place felt nicer.
Yeah nowadays Reddit has not just every sub, but every meme version of a sub, and that's neat, but at what cost? I don't like being on it, and I've been um, banned an awful lot of times lately. Not really worth it. So I will have to try to build the top few communities I am missing here, like centuryhomes.
It's already unique. I can't get what I get here anywhere else.
By participating on it, mainly. The more people notice that using Lemmy is a way to kill boredom and stay informed about things they are interested in, the more people will look here instead of (or in addition to) reddit or Facebook or other places.
Just keep participating. Other platforms will occasionally explode, people will look here, and if they see activity, many will stay.
If you look at active user charts for Lemmy, basically every time Reddit explodes, Lemmy picks up permanent users.
Yeah just use it as normal and have patience.
Only reason I'm here is after getting arbitrarily banned from reddit for the 3rd time and refusing to make a new one.
Methinks we need even more Linux discussions/debates/arguments.
Even the old monolithic sites started out with a lot of tech folks as the initial population. It's tech. Such is the way of things.
Here maybe the effect is stronger because of the similar ethos between the Fediverse and free software like Linux.
Give it time.
This year is the year of the Linux desktop because every year is the year of the Linux desktop. It just gets better and better all the time. It's only companies that need fast exponential growth we can play the long game.
To keep it accessible we need to remember that most people have only heard of one or two distros
And Slackware, of course.
Obvs what we need is our own Linux distro and it helps you self host your own instance
e: we can call it Lemmux
Like other people said, just keep coming back and participating. Lemmy is gaining users and lots of communities are very active. I'm rotting my brain very well around these parts.
Do we need to?
I NEED MORE MEMES
here you go:
click here for a list of meme communities
MEMES, SOCIAL MEDIA REPOSTS, AND HUMOR
Most of these are currently active. (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked). Sometimes these include politics but that's not the sole focus.
- !onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !196@pawb.social
- !19684@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !2meirl4meirl@lemmy.world
- !4chan@lemmy.world
- !4chanFails@feddit.nl
- !ancientinternet@lemmy.world
- !animemes@ani.social
- !antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world
- !are_the_straights_ok@lemmy.blahaj.zone *
- !atheistmemes@lemmy.world
- !badrealestate@feddit.uk *
- !bonehurtingjuice@lemmy.ca
- !cartographyanarchy@lemm.ee
- !comedyheaven@lemmy.world
- !crumbgrabber@lemm.ee *
- !curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works
- !dankchristianmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !dankmemes@lemmy.world
- !ehbuddyhoser@sh.itjust.works
- !ExplainTheJoke@spaffel.social
- !fbstolencontent@lemmy.ca *
- !fediashitpost@fedia.io
- !fedimemes@feddit.uk
- !femcelmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !FOSSMEMES@lemmy.ml
- !funny@sh.itjust.works
- !funny@lemmy.world
- !furry_irl@pawb.social
- !garfieldism@lemmy.blahaj.zone *
- !gifconversation@lemm.ee
- !greentext@sh.itjust.works
- !gunmemes@lemmy.world *
- !high_quality_gifs@lemmy.sdf.org
- !hq_memes@lemmy.world
- !imgoingtohellforthis@lemm.ee
- !internetfuneral@lemmy.world
- !humor@beehaw.org *
- !justpost@lemmy.world
- !lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world
- !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
- !linkedinlunatics@sh.itjust.works *
- !lotrmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- !loweffortmemes@crazypeople.online
- !mathmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !me_irl@lemmy.world
- !memes@jlai.lu
- !memes@lemmy.world
- !memes@slrpnk.net
- !memes@sopuli.xyz
- !memes@lemmy.ml
- !Memes@europe.pub
- !metalmemes@lemmy.world
- !microblogmemes@lemmy.world
- !MoldyMemes@spaffel.social
- !nocontextpics@lemmy.world
- !nominativedeterminism@feddit.uk *
- !nonsense@moist.catsweat.com *
- !okmatewanker@feddit.uk
- !pokemonmemes@lemmy.world *
- !programmer_humor@programming.dev
- !reactionmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com *
- !reallyshittycopper@lemmy.world *
- !relationshipmemes@lemmyis.fun
- !roughromanmemes@lemmy.world
- !rpgmemes@ttrpg.network
- !science_memes@mander.xyz
- !shera@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !shirtsthatgohard@lemmy.world
- !shitposting@lemmy.ml
- !shittylifeprotips@lemmy.world
- !shittytattoos@lemmy.ca
- !spaceflightmemes@sh.itjust.works
- !spooky_memes@lemmy.world
- !surrealmemes@sh.itjust.works *
- !tech_memes@lemmy.world *
- !the_pack@lemmy.world
- !transmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !trippinthroughtime@lemmy.ca
- !TwoGoobers@lemm.ee
- !wholesomegreentext@sh.itjust.works *
- !wholesomememes@lemmy.world *
- !wizards@lemmy.world
- !witchymemes@lemmy.world
- !wlw_memes@lemmy.world
- !yurimemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !youtubeclassics@sh.itjust.works
It's interesting you bring that up i think the star trek instance are one of the fewer instances that get federation right. They carved out their niche and stuck to it. I kind of wished we would have gotten more of them like that.
Like the comics instance or the retro tech instance. Like you would go to the retro tech instance to the C64 community. So it would be logical how everything is broken out. Like old school forms for different subjects but they can also blend by talking to one another.
So many just want to be generic catch all's and it could be so much more.
Mostly gay
It would be nice to hear about it in other places.
If you have a community in mind sure try to bring em along. But overall I don't think Lemmy needs infinite growth like Reddit does.
I've watched a lot of forums grow, corrupt, die, move, etc. This is kinda a sweet spot right now.
It's the content that makes a platform relevant. So follow the usual youtube call to action.
Subscribe, comment, share and post.
Don't bother preaching, it's a waste of breath and is just annoying to the average person.
By not letting AI slop take over
I'm satisfied with the status quo. Maybe I'd like to see more entertaining satire communities. I still visit the r/comics subreddits from time to time and stuff like r/atbge, r/fuckmyshitup. Stuff like that.
And multis. I loved my multireddits.