This reddit post likely has tens if not hundreds of thousands of views, look at the top comment.

Lemmy is losing so many potential new users because the UX sucks for the vast majority of people.

What can we do?

  • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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    9 days ago

    Lemmy is too right wing to serve as a good Reddit replacement. The queer communities on Reddit don’t want to move here because their members will be harassed.

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          9 days ago

          well in that case join an instance that doesn’t federate with queer/transphobe instances? This is the advantage of federated social networks - it gives full control to the people who run their own instances

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            9 days ago

            That would require people actually recommending specific websites, and all people seem to want to do is circle jerk about “lemmy”, as if it’s a tangible place and not a website engine

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              9 days ago

              I guess that is because people don’t understand what the fediverse is and why it exists. It is one of the foundational problems the fediverse aims to fix. Marginalized communities get all the tools and authority to protect themselves from hatred and abuse.

              That would require people actually recommending specific websites

              I actually think that’s the way to go! lemmy.blahaj.zone would be one example of a queer-inclusive community.

              • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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                9 days ago

                Blahaj still federates with .world, which as you said in your previous comment is a problem.

                Blahaj also struggles with an anti-drama moderation stance, which is harmful to queer people. “Don’t rock the boat” is a saying that privileges the majority.

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                  9 days ago

                  Im curious about what the issue with lemmy.world is? It’s just the big instance I saw when I started, so I went with that and haven’t really had any issues. Nothing is really keeping me here so just wondering what im missing

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                    9 days ago

                    Drag has been misgendered (The he/him kind), harassed, and banned from communities on .world for using neopronouns. The admins don’t care and do nothing.

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      8 days ago

      Political literacy classes are available online… the idea of anybody thinking Lemmy is right wing (whether it’s code or the majority of its user base) is hilarious and a bit sad at the same time.

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            7 days ago

            No it’s not. It can be relative to anywhere. If drag’s on the left side of a room, then the center of the room is to the right.

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              7 days ago

              -7 and -9 are both numbers… but none of them are at zero or above. They are both negative, just by varying degrees.

              Are you referring to yourself as “drag” or is that a typo?

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                7 days ago

                Directions do not have an absolute reference point. There is no center of the universe. Numbers do. That’s why numbers aren’t like directions. Don’t use numbers as an example when numbers have something directions don’t.

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                  7 days ago

                  I was trying to be analogous to help you understand… either you don’t want to understand or you’re not willing to understand or… there’s something else going on here.

                  • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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                    7 days ago

                    You chose a bad analogy because you don’t understand. That’s what’s going on here. You think the overton window isn’t culturally relative