FWIW this is one of the most frequent communities I see while browsing. I don't mind it but it's definitely a bad look if they want lemmy.world to appeal to the everyman.

I've noticed a lot more "normie" content in the past few weeks so it definitely seems like the site is attracting more than just techy people now.

[–] evranch@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Piracy not appealing to the everyman? With the relentless rise in the cost of living and with streaming services increasing costs and cracking down on password sharing, I don't see many people turning up their nose at piracy these days.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It makes it look like scary hackerman place

[–] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I'm okay with that, people generally not inclined to pirate must not visit a pirated sub, by choice or by accident. They may get culture shock and mistake perfectly legal conversations for other things and make a false report.

Those who want to pirate generally knows how to search for communities for piracy. No matter who's blocking who, they'll eventually find what they want. The block will act as a filter of some sorts.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If that keeps the normies out then it's a win.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I put quotes around it to imply I was using the term sarcastically because people who use it in earnest look like elitist douchebags.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, you got me

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

Which was always going to happen if Lemmy is to grow. This is fine, decentralisation is what this is made for, so if you want a vanilla experience with only clean sfw content, you can register to instances A B or C, if you fancy some more open internet, then instances X Y or Z might be more for you.