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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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I like that this is a general instance. (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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see a lot of discussion about adding more specific communities on this instance and I feel as if it will dilute the community too much.

I personally see Lemmy instances as somewhat similar to old forums, many of those did so well because the community came together under a shared experience.

Lemmy is decentralized after all and instances based around interests will get created and discussion will get focused on certain instances for certain topics. Those instances will be moderated by the people who have passion and understanding for those topics.

Of course the great thing about Lemmy is that we're (mostly) free to visit other instances and if there are redundant communities it is not difficult to participate in them.

I do think it's nice to have a place to call home, a "hive" if you will. Where users can discuss their shared experience on the fediverse.

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[–] V4uban@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I share the same feeling. I was a bit surprised by a lot of new joiners asking for the opening of very niches communities. Those needs will probably be filled later by specific instances, but it's nice indeed to have a place to just discuss general things.

[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The community browser is starting to look really silly. There's almost as many communities as users. People really need to take a chill pill on the community spam.

[–] aphoric@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

I think there's a fear that if a niche subreddit goes private permanently that community will be lost unless there's an analogue set up here.

There's going to be a learning curve, and I'd imagine that specific instances will eventually pop up as the user base grows in size and grows more comfortable with the platform.

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