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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Yeah, switching from reddit to lemmy gives a "old internet" wibe: actual people, most of them technically inclined. But with more adoption, these people get diluted by all other kinds of folks.

Same happened with cypto scene. It started with cythography entusiasts, but now it is mostly tech bros.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

It's easy to avoid redditization: just stay away from the "general interest" instances because reddit or facebook will always do general interest better than any platform run by volunteers w almost no budget.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (4 children)

"Just stay away* will only bring it in faster. You need resistance

It's like when Mom says "just ignore the bullies" a strategy that bullies thrive on because they can bully and know you'll walk away

[–] Kichae 7 points 1 month ago

Pick a smaller, focused website and focus on Local. Then you can ignore what's going on elsewhere.

Lemmy isn't a community, it's a technology. And ActivityPub is madw with the goal of letting anyone and everyone use it and participate. Just like HTTP. Griping because "the wrong kind of people are showing up" is the kind of thing the wrong kind of people do.

You don't get to build your gate in the public square.

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