• gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 days ago

    Yeah, we need more users. The fediverse/lemmy is stagnating in content because we don’t have enough people with niche interests. It’s mostly US-centered politics; we need more stuff from around the world. Fediverse/lemmy needs more users.

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          5 days ago

          Do we? Why do we need the niche communities?

          Reddit didn’t start with them either. Neither did Digg.

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            4 days ago

            Also, it was a joke about keenflame asking us to fuck them and that being a niche community.

            Seriously though, the algorithm is a powerful mistress. Every time somebody leaves here to go visit a niche community that we’re lacking. They get a taste of that sweet algorithm again.

            I managed to pretty much carve out all the algorithms in my social graph. Most of the stuff I’m seeing is from communities that I’ve curated. There is no doom scrolling on my feed. I really dearly love being able to consume, get the most important news and a couple of lols and then go about my day.