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.

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
    10·
    2 years ago

    Exactly my thinking too - which is why I built my instance. I saw this and immediately thought that the entire point is decentralization, but so many people are just creating communities willy nilly on the main instances. And there should not be main instances.

    So yeah, I created my own. I thought about what I did most of the time on Reddit, and what communities are probably already in the Fediverse and decided on mine. I’m sure some people eyeroll at pop music, but on Reddit there are literally hundreds of subs around pop music and their artists. Those don’t need to be added to a main instance, those could all be hosted by another instance. So I thought why not.

    (Btw if you like pop music come check us out - poptalk.scrubbles.tech)

    • bird@beehaw.org
      10·
      2 years ago

      I just wanted to say THANK YOU for making a PopHeads equivalent. It’s a direly needed space adjacent to a general Music community, as we’ve all experienced from Reddit.

      • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
        4·
        2 years ago

        Thanks :) I love(d) the /r/TaylorSwift and /r/PopHeads community on Reddit and got probably well over half my total karma from those two places. People were always so nice, if a little unhinged lol. I hope we can build this community up.

        Working on adding a pop memes community next? Just need a name… popmemes? memetos and pop? I can run a server but I am not a creative person.

        • bird@beehaw.org
          3·
          2 years ago

          I mostly frequented PH and PHCJ.

          I know there’s lots of love for TS, I’ve never really been a diehard fan. But I’d be lying if I wasn’t living for all her relationship/PR drama lately. 💀