People are shitting on this but have no problem with r/interestingasfuck and r/perfectlycutscreams doing the exact same thing

I’m sure this is a massive boon for various scientific communities

My rule is that if I play a game for over 50+ hours and still would play it some more, it goes into my favorites. Out of 250 games, only 15 have made it into my favorites.

Also, this is a good video, you all should watch it.

Stardew Valley is as stressful as you wanna make it lol

I too would like to know…

Some subreddits managed to do it when the topic was very specific and the mods were dedicated. I’m thinking of r/AskHistorians and r/Askphilosophy

Both options are non-ideal. Some mods are on a power trip and public opinion can vary wildly depending on the thread/community

I love a good shitpost, but it probably wouldn’t mesh with the Beehaw ethos.

I don’t have the answer but I share your sentiment.

One thing I hated about reddit is the mods would ban you for participating on certain subs. For instance, I got banned from r/WhitePeopleTwitter for commenting in a r/Conservative thread. (I was actually disagreeing with someone, but that’s neither here nor there.)

The Fediverse feels like a worse version of that phenomenon. Entire communities are blocked off from each other by the admins of the instance. I fear that Lemmy might become a disjointed group of echo-chambers. Some might argue that reddit already is.

And let’s be honest: reddit has some of the best NSFW content on the internet. Extremely specific interests all curated into their own respective subs. In many cases, this content goes back years

If reddit deletes NSFW content, we can expect a third exodus of users

I hate to say this but Lemmy is way less user friendly than Reddit. I doubt anything close to 10% of reddit will come over here. This site should focus on improving new user acquisition.

1. Not a good name for a social media site. Google/Youtube searching “Lemmy” just gives results for a guitarist

2. The average joe doesn’t understand how federation works

3. You have to decide which place to make an account

4. You have to write an essay to join (I’ve seen people complain about this)

5. The top instances look very political/left wing

6. If you’re persistent, educate yourself, and make it through the process, you can join a site with ~1000 active users.

7. Following remote communities is unintuitive. You have to search the link from your instance to subscribe to another instance (e.g., if your account is on beehaw, you have to search !gaming@lemmy.ml. You can’t click their subscribe button on lemmy.ml.)

You and I know that different instances of Lemmy are mutually accessible and so #3 and #5 are not a problem. But for the uneducated all the above are significant barriers for entry/retention.