• MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    This for sure. It’s something severely lacking at Lemmy, without the large user base the small communities can’t sustain the way they do on Reddit. Lemmy serves best as a replacement for the biggest subs.

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      2 months ago

      I noticed I’m not even missing the small subs anymore.
      4 different meme subs about an obscure Romanian soap opera don’t improve my quality of life.

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        2 months ago

        Memes no, but I’ve found a lot of value in things like my hometown has a pretty active sub on Reddit which is useful for local information or subs around specific TV shows or video games bring a lot of interesting discussion or just asking questions on niche topics I’m much more likely to get an answer from a larger user base.

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          2 months ago

          My home town subreddit has seen at least 1 news years eve orgy organised through it, havent seen anything comparable on lemmy!

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        2 months ago

        Hobby subs are the big one. If your hobby is anything other than dicking around with Linux, we probably don’t have much of a community for it, if we have one at all.

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          Truth. RVs and sailboats are not here. But I feel confident I’d get all the discussion I need if I wanted to install Linux on my sailboat.

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            2 months ago

            Have you considered a Framework sailboat? They’re a little more expensive, but they’re designed with repairability in mind, and come with Linux pre-installed

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              2 months ago

              Framework sailboats are overpriced garbage!!
              You would be better off with a thinkboat x61s

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        2 months ago

        In all honesty the lack of super specific and active communities on lemmy has actually improved my quality of life. I spend much, much less time scrolling and reading shit.

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          It’s a valid point, but it’s kind of like saying it’s great that the restaurant you’ve started going to has such a small menu compared to the old one because you’re not eating as much.