• SuperDuper@lemmy.world
    563·
    10 months ago

    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
      343·
      10 months ago

      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·
        10 months ago

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

        • glimse@lemmy.world
          51·
          10 months ago

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

          • reev@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            7·
            10 months ago

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

    • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
      52·
      10 months ago

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