I hate this kind of talk. For me the point of the fediverse isn’t that it’s cool because it’s niche, but that it’s cool because it’s a solution to a systemic problem with Social Media. I want Lemmy to get big and messy and full of obnoxious people. I think that’s a GOOD thing. Because then they’ll be on the fediverse, and not on a platform owned by a single billionaire

Yeah but also social media is just a medium. It’s the people who create the culture, not the medium. Sure people adapt to other people but you still start somewhere.

Tumblr was popular with young people, women and minorities, and to this day it’s overwhelmingly queer and female. Facebook was popular with young people but was quickly discovered by organisations and businesses as an easy way to be public facing, so over time it’s become sort of more professional and inclusive of older people.

What kind of people used reddit? Before it got popular, it’s culture was influenced by millennials, nerd culture and hobby forum culture. That’s what’s stayed. What kind of people use Lemmy? Well, that’s the question isn’t it?

hell world

how on earth

I don’t understand why there’s so many people who don’t want Lemmy to grow. I came here because I wanted a freeer more decentralised web for everyone, not just me.

Well yeah, that’s what being overwhelmed means

eh, kinda? Decentralisation means one instance can learn from the failures of another, and there’s bo one thing that can bring the entire Fediverse down. But that’s a worst case scenario.

What I fear is this: A spike of interest in the fediverse leads to many instances being overwhelmed, and the general newbie experience quickly turns many people away, leading to lots of people leaving with a sour taste. In the meantime, instances successfully adapt and new ones spring up, but most users aren’t coming back.

Imo that’s a more realistic scenario than some grandiose failure, and you could say it’s already happened several times.

I need context

Yo is that the same guy from your last post

The old testament is by definition also part of the christian bible lol. I get what you mean, there’s also a book called the jewish bible, but clearly that’s not what they meant

God I love social progress. Looking forward to when I can frown at how puritan the 2000-2030s were

I can’t remember the title but that’s pretty much the same plot as the first english romance novel ever written.

It “makes sense” considering the honor-shame society the story was created for. A pure, pious woman is pitted against a shameful, violent man. The central motif is the radiant woman purifying the shameful man who converts (to Christianity) and courts the woman according to social norms instead of violently raping her. This is framed as a good ending because his shame is removed.

If you value innocence over honor this is completely incomprehensible. The guilt is still there, it was never accounted for.

Edit: Oh, and Marry-your-rapist-laws were and are still more common than you might know. Even if countries that don’t have one, individual courts may still decide that way.

Well you have to wonder if at a support so high Wikimedia couldn’t skip the “fight and win” stage to earn some goodwill which might get them more favourable terms. In open confrontation, everyone loses. Takes energy away from everything else and generates a ton of bad publicity.

Been a while but since this post I’ve actually had to get a spare part and had no trouble, years after launch

these memes fucking suck lately omg

This is just boomer humor

Unlike Bluesky, Lemmy does the whole Fediverse thing. So even if Lemmy gets popular and swarmed, it wouldn’t be as bad if it becomes shitty. It’d still be a win

Life is so resilient I’m more surprised when it doesn’t survive somewhere. There’s a geologically active sulfur deposit in Ethiopia with extremely harsh conditions. It was a sensation when scientists found bacteria in the water, but it later turned out the tests were contaminated and the place is actually, truly dead

Honestly if you’re not sure how therapy can help you, then therapy can’t properly help you. Most of the work comes from the patient

Corporations supporting pride are canaries in the coalmine. When they stop chirping, you know something is wrong.

Besides, I don’t like cynicism. Yeah, most big corps don’t give a fuck. And this is what this meme is about. But regular gays work everywhere, and support does make a difference in those places