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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When it gets overwhelmed with users it eventually becomes a monoculture and then devolves into an echo chamber. I slowly became a more functional user with time, but generally stuck to the 1-2 subreddits that I thought were worth participating in, and observed the rest.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The smaller community is really a blessing, rather than a curse. I've seen this come up on reddit again and again: the best subs are the small ones that cater to niche interests. Lemmy is essentially composed entirely of those small subreddits right now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Hopefully it stays that way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Well yes but for these niche interest subs to work the platform as a whole needs enough users, because only a small % will visit these subs.