Blaze , 25 days ago

Alright, so let's apply this principle.

You seem to be posting from time to time to !metal. Where is the alternative community on another instance you crosspost to?

Part of why reddit became so horrible was the inability to have a viable alternative community around a subject when one went off the rails because someone had total control over a word, like “parenting”, or “knives” or “gaming”.

Hm, I'm not sure you are aware, but I am among the ones pushing for

• !linux instead of !linux
• !movies instead of !movies
• !interestingasfuck instead of !interestingasfuck
• !map_enthusiasts instead of !mapporn
• !games instead of !games
• !casualconversation instead of !casualconversation

So I am indeed aware of what you are saying, and I agree to an extend.

But as I said, you still need a minimum amount of activity to keep a community, alternative or not, active. Dads and parents communities aren't active anywhere on Lemmy yet, so it's more important now to first identify people, and then allow them to move or split.

Star Trek communities seems to coexist and be active enough because the topic is popular enough among the Lemmy population. It's not the case for every topic.