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Relaxed section for discussion and debate that doesn't fit anywhere else. Whether it's advice, how your week is going, a link that's at the back of your mind, or something like that, it can likely go here.

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Why have local instance under performed? Also, remedies? (lemmy.perthchat.org)
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Example; midwest.social, lemmy.ca, lemmy.perthchat.org. It seems like a no brainer that midwesters, canadian and australians would sign up at those instances respectively, but instead they end up not there.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Discovery is a problem. I think the fact there are 50 million 1-post communities in the ALL list (mostly on lemmy.ml) is not helpful. One thing I think beehaw does well is to limit the amount of communities and focus discussion.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Having a list of related/like minded communities as a separate sidebar might be useful. I've listed related communities in my https://sopuli.xyz/c/classicalbums community about area, but it feels a little adhoc