I mean I don’t see much activity outside politics. Edit: As you all mentioned I’ll try blocking some political and news communities and try to find some new communities.

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      Yeah. Lemmy’s former growth came from external events which brought users to Lemmy. Without more of these shocks, I don’t see Lemmy growing.

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        I don’t have a problem with that.

        The last thing I want is all of the propaganda and barely literate morons that have parasitized the rest of the internet coming here to churn it into a fucking cesspool of idiocy.

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          You’re making the common mistake of believing that newcomers are somehow dumber than the ones who have been here a while.

          No, Lemmy/piefed has a deep user base of people knowledgeable about Linux, programming, Star Wars, and a few other topics, but plenty of other topics still leave a lot to be desired.

          For example, I’ve noticed that Lemmy’s userbase is probably below the internet average at picking up on satire and sarcasm.

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            I do t think anywhere online features people who are good at picking up on sarcasm.

            I think it’s a North American thing. Canadians / Americans are shit at picking up on it irl too

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          I do wish it was as funny as a younger reddit, I used to be bowled over reading comments. I fesr we have lost a spark from all the fuckery of the world.

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            Lemmy has lost that funny spark and energy, but it’s because of the weird niche user base. Other platforms don’t all have this problem.