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Overcomplicating things (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 53 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The practical reason it exists is because a lot of Lemmy users are looking for a replacement to Reddit, so the first thing they do after signing up is try to find communities that match the subreddits they were subscribed to. If you create a community that shares a name with a popular subreddit, you're more likely to get members to join.

I agree with you for the record, the racially segregated communities has always been a bit icky and there's really no need for it on Lemmy.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There was a gold rush to copy every single subreddit over here yet they didn't copy the reasons they exist or anything that made them special. The fact that nostupidquestions is a general "ask anything" community is a great example.

So many communities on this site are just uncreative shells filled with archival posts from reddit. I find it both sad and annoying.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This place doesn't have enough traffic for No Stupid Question to be meaningfully different from Ask Lemmy yet.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't have the sidebar rules yet, either. "we'll narrow it down later" is a weak plan

[–] reev@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

So is "narrow it down and no one posts anymore" though. Both sides have a fair argument here imo.

[–] match@pawb.social 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

at this point Twitter is so dead that the only good posts are archival anyways. maybe we could have c/TwitterArchives or something

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

I like microblogmemes. These guys have Dying Twitter: