It's no secret that Lemmy is shaping up to be a viable alternative to Reddit. The issue it faces however is that it's still relatively niche and not many people know about it. I propose that we change this. By contacting the mods of large subreddits and asking them to make and promote relevant Lemmy communities we could substantially increase the amount of people who discover the fediverse. What's more, I don't think this is would be a hard sell considering many mods are already pissed off with Reddit due to their API changes. I believe that this is the time to act, so this is a call to arms, to help grow the fediverse into the future of social media!

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[–] mifan@feddit.dk 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One thing that annoys me coming from Reddit is, that there isn’t just one group of each theme. You have for example gaming groups on several instances and you can either chose to subscribe to a number of those or chose the one you like.

But in the end, one will be the go-to group, and wouldn’t that centralize the most popular groups?

(Honest question, I’m new to Lemmy and the thoughts behind it)

[–] Mereo@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

instances are like countries with their own constitution (rules) and police (mods). This means that two communities in different instances may seem the same, but they are not, because they have to follow the rules and culture of their instance.

Just like a Technology club in Japan will not be the same as the Technology club in the US because they will be culturally different. I think it will take some time for the Fediverse to think this way.

For me, this is better. Instead of having one giant technology community where your comments and posts are drowned out, we can have different technology communities with their own culture and norms, just like we visit different countries. Your comment and posts will be not drowned out.

It is a different paradigm to the centralised one of Reddit.

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yep, if you're not from the US, instances are vastly superior.

Imagine all the times people from around the world asked for plumbing help on Reddit and got hit with "that ain't up to code, buddy, get to ass down to Howm Deeepo" 😂

Americans do tend to assume the internet revolves around them, as they're a bit insular and don't see that it really, really, really doesn't

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

A lot of that is social media/algorithmic too. It wasn’t until I start migrating to Lemmy (specifically lemm.ee) that I started seeing a lot of varied content.

[+] Raddnaar@sh.itjust.works -14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Seriously? Aren't the anti-USA comments getting a bit tired by now?

[–] Mereo@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is not an anti-American comment, but a fact. The USA is a superpower and a big country. As a superpower, americans don't need to be informed about what happens in the world because it doesn't affect them. Their country is the source of world power. And Americans tend to travel within their country because it's big and full of tourist attractions.

Compare that with Canada, which has 40 million people. We need to be aware of every single decision the US makes so that the country can adapt. There is a famous quote from Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau: "Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt."

[–] Raddnaar@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 year ago

Yes, the USA is a big country and a superpower.

But things that happen in the world do have major impact on the country and all of its citizens. The need to be up to date and aware of world events is critical. Everyone should be educated. It is the only way to make informed decisions.

You may not have meant it as an anti-American trope but it came off that way. Even the comment you attribute to Trudeau is a thinly veiled insult to our country. That is not lost on me or others here in the fediverse or other American citizens. The anti-USA bashing has become hackneyed and decidedly juvenile.

I expect better from you.

[–] YaaAsantewaa@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are tiring honestly, I agree

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These two comments prove my last sentence

You don't notice the "anti"-everything comments, only the ones you perceive as "America-hate"

And by the way, nobody hates you, you're just really bad at dealing with sarcasm

[–] Raddnaar@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago

No, they don't. I was addressing specifically the anti-American sentiment that seems to be the "hip thing to do". Nothing more, nothing less.

Just because I did not mention any other energy wasting hate speech does not mean I am not aware.

I still expect better from you.