• eoddc5@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There’s a few already on lemmy in general. Not sure what you’re not seeing

    This is the first on lemmy.world. But unless it’s important to have one on .world, why not just join another that’s already thriving?

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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately for me and OP and a bunch of us, the one that could be described as thriving is the one on Beehaw and they defederated sh.it and world. But now we’re in the situation of that “one more competing standard” XKCD comic and that also isn’t really beneficial.

    • Vamp@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Because the instance admins encouraged people to make their own communities.

      I don’t really see why not otherwise there wouldn’t be much point to making communities XD

      • Flicsmo@rammy.site
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        1 year ago

        The main reason would be fracturing people who would be interested in joining across different communities - someone might find a few LGBT+ communities and miss others, same as if someone made another LGBT+ community here on lemmy.world which some people join instead of yours. Activity, content and visibility in these early days of Lemmy are kinda tough to get, and spreading out across instances makes it tougher.

        But, of course you’re totally free to make your own community too! That’s part what makes federation so cool, if you’re unhappy with existing communities and/or their moderation you can always make your own, and people from anywhere else can join. Best of luck :)