So this Lemmy place is pretty awesome, and I see it growing by the hour! Just like others link external sites for content here, we should really also share Lemmy content to external (e.g. Reddit, Twitter, etc.) to show others where the users are going now.
Redditors will talk about Lemmy and moving communities here, but it is really best shown that the communities are rebuilding here. Thoughts? I’ve started with a few memes and am starting a new community here as well!
While I do agree that a more technical crowd would be more desirable, I feel like this is a bit short-sighted in a few ways, though if my reasoning seems off, by all means, feel free to correct me
The way I see it, Lemmy should be big enough to at least have name recognition when discussing forums, message boards, etc. Which right now, I don’t believe it does, outside of the groups that are still following the Reddit protests pretty closely.
Memes attract a crowd seeking quick, entertaining content. It’s a large crowd of people, and appealing to them means you’ll be pumping your numbers up; number of posts being made, upvotes given, etc.
In turn, people in general will view a larger user base as a more appealing destination to take their activity to. For example, if I wanted to start a niche community, like for an indie game, specific literary genre, a band, some new product, etc., would I be more interested in starting it in Lemmy or at Reddit, which has much more name recognition and active users? The latter would seem more appealing to the average person, because they believe they’d be able to reach more people. Because Reddit has more people.
TL;DR- Intentionally closing ourselves off to more people could hurt us with the technical crowd that we do want. And plus, even the technical crowd needs entertainment.