I feel like having many communities works well on large platforms, but on smaller ones it fragments the already limited content, which in turn makes most communities inactive and reduces engagement.
I feel like having many communities works well on large platforms, but on smaller ones it fragments the already limited content, which in turn makes most communities inactive and reduces engagement.
I know reddit used to have a “general” reddit.com page at the beginning, but here it is more like world shitpost where people put whatever.
You may or not have seen recent cross-instance dramas, but that is part of the reason why I think it is better to have a fragmented and decentralized set of instances instead of one melting pot, so that it’s not one set of admins calling the shots on behalf of all of Lemmy.
Recent? Drama between instances seems like a constant thing since at least the great reddit exodus. Maybe longer, but I wasn’t here before that.
There was one particular drama I have in mind but I knew as I was writing, but people may come back months later and think the same thing. I still kept it that way as it will still ring true regardless of what the next drama will be.