Comment on Is lemmy dying?

jimmy90@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • krooklochurm@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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      • krooklochurm@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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

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    • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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      • doingthestuff@lemy.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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