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Do you want Lemmy to become mainstream? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by morrowind@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Some people might find the answer to be obvious (yes) but I've rarely found it so. In fact, this is a question I often find in the linux community (regarding linux going mainstream, not lemmy) and people are pretty split upon it.

On one hand, you may get benefits like more activity, more content, more people to interact with, a greater chance you'll find someone to talk to on some specific subject.

On the other, you could run into an eternal September like reddit, where Lemmy would lose its culture, and have far more spam and moderation issues.

I don't know, what do you think?

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[–] loz@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd like it how it is now but a bit more active, like reddit circa 2008 when I first joined. Sure there were memes and shitposts, which are fun and have their place, but even then the discussions on news stories and other serious topics were of unusually good quality. Tildes captures the later quite well, but is also pretty quiet.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man I have no idea why my post suddenly became active after two years but I have to say in the context of the original post, lemmy is pretty much mainstream now.

I think lemmy is currently tainted by the whole "I just moved from reddit everyone!!" mood right now, it'll take a few months to develop its own culture. Assuming it can withstand eternal september.

[–] loz@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Funny, I didn't even notice, just came up on the feed :)