Can I say the majority of Lemmy users are anti-capitalist or big corp? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by kanzalibrary@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I mean like this: "Realized that most of these programs are not meant to help anyone, merely to control people and make them dependent. I was forced to reconsider everything I'd once believed. I developed a profound distrust of government regardless of the philosophy of the people in power. I remained a liberal on civil-rights issues, became a conservative on defense, and a semi-libertarian on all other matters." - Dean Koontz. Am I wrong?

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[-] acrobaticpenguin23@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

About being in a space outside of capitalist reach.... I agree to a point but some instances outside of the top 5 or 20 can't seem to garner robust enough conversation without an infusion of users. The fediverse right now is my best hope for Android discussion but the numbers just aren't there yet and then there is the confusion of similar/same instances on different servers. It is a little chaotic now especially for disaffected Reddit users.

[-] sudneo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Working on UX is a big necessity. However, it's fine if communities are sitting on the biggest instances, although I would like it more if users were more distributed. People from smaller instances can anyway participate in the communities sitting elsewhere. In general I agree about having more users though, but the point for me is which users. Communities are growing, Lemmy (in my experience/bubble) is already completely different from how it was 2 weeks go (way more content). It will take time for niche communities, but I don't think that sacrificing what makes this place unique is worth the artificial influx of users that might come with it. We are experiencing a small and organic growth (3k active users a day circa), I think it's going to work out (especially if we all make a little effort - maybe more than we would have done in platforms).

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