The last thing I want is all of the propaganda and barely literate morons that have parasites the rest of the internet coming here to churn it into a fucking cesspool of idiocy.
You’re making the common mistake of believing that newcomers are somehow dumber than the ones who have been here a while.
No, Lemmy/piefed has a deep user base of people knowledgeable about Linux, programming, Star Wars, and a few other topics, but plenty of other topics still leave a lot to be desired.
For example, I’ve noticed that Lemmy’s userbase is probably below the internet average at picking up on satire and sarcasm.
I do wish it was as funny as a younger reddit, I used to be bowled over reading comments. I fesr we have lost a spark from all the fuckery of the world.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 11 hours ago
Yeah. Lemmy’s former growth came from external events which brought users to Lemmy. Without more of these shocks, I don’t see Lemmy growing.
krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
I don’t have a problem with that.
The last thing I want is all of the propaganda and barely literate morons that have parasites the rest of the internet coming here to churn it into a fucking cesspool of idiocy.
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
You’re making the common mistake of believing that newcomers are somehow dumber than the ones who have been here a while.
No, Lemmy/piefed has a deep user base of people knowledgeable about Linux, programming, Star Wars, and a few other topics, but plenty of other topics still leave a lot to be desired.
For example, I’ve noticed that Lemmy’s userbase is probably below the internet average at picking up on satire and sarcasm.
krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
I do t think anywhere online features people who are good at picking up on sarcasm.
I think it’s a North American thing. Canadians / Americans are shit at picking up on it irl too
Squizzy@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I do wish it was as funny as a younger reddit, I used to be bowled over reading comments. I fesr we have lost a spark from all the fuckery of the world.
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 6 hours ago
Lemmy has lost that funny spark and energy, but it’s because of the weird niche user base. Other platforms don’t all have this problem.