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[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (14 children)

I think this sort of unfulfilled promise has been the biggest obstacle of my full scale adoption of a reddit alternatives.

As a non-typical Lemmy user (No interest in privacy, piracy, Linux, FOSS, Web Dev, SW Dev, Veganism, or discussing political theory with strangers online) finding active communities in topics i am interested in (basketball, football, hip hop and rap, martial arts, boxing, mma, PC building, relationships, kink, and the specific humor and nuance that comes with being a Black person on the internet) has been a struggle.

Many of those communities have two people or less posting in them or don't exist at all.

People are talking here but not about things i wanna discuss and that's disappointing so i have a hard time "sticking" if that makes sense

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (9 children)

I became the typical Lemmy user with interests in the topics you dislike because of the nature of the reddit migration, but I have to agree with the lack of skinfolk humor. It's kind of a bummer.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Yeah i hear you. Reddit was white on average but Lemmy/Kbin feels like baby powder on top of fresh snow

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So white someone will make a trending post on a Linux memes community about "coonfigers" and no one has a problem with it.

Honestly looks like it sailed right over everyone's head too. I guess that's a good thing?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Bruh I saw that shit, but I didn't feel like walking into the comment section to fight that day.

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