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Users from before the current wave of Reddit refugees, how do you feel about the incoming monsoon of refugees? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I imagine there's excitement for the increase of activity but worries about the potential toxic side of Reddit coming along too.

I'd especially be interested in the Lemmy devs' opinions.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is what I am hoping will happen. With the current reddit structure, for each topic, you have multiple communities -

The noob-friendly one that is not actively moderated and has a lot of reposts and garbage content
The offshoot that was created because the main sub went downhill. Has stricter moderation and content policies.
The meme offshoot that was created because the main sub banned memes.
The circlejerk version.

/r/gaming is garbage, /r/games is for discussion. /r/StardustCrusaders is a fan-art dump, /r/Shitpostcrusaders is a meme juggernaut The mods of the Game of Thrones subreddit wouldn't allow people to shit on the show, so /r/freefolk was formed, and that also served as a template for stuff like /r/titanfolk.

Anything that gains critical mass will break down into multiple sub communities. It's inevitable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I like this model, although circlejerk can be the meme version too. Even a fairly quiet sub like /r/baduk/ begat /r/badukshitposting/ and it works well.