I’m sure this is a massive boon for various scientific communities

My rule is that if I play a game for over 50+ hours and still would play it some more, it goes into my favorites. Out of 250 games, only 15 have made it into my favorites.

Or they could ignore the sub. It’s just one sub going NSFW, they don’t have to deal with them all equally

Stardew Valley is as stressful as you wanna make it lol

I too would like to know…

Been playing Stardew valley and Slay the spire while watching tv/movies on a second monitor. It’s a pretty engrossing way to spend your free time.

Some subreddits managed to do it when the topic was very specific and the mods were dedicated. I’m thinking of r/AskHistorians and r/Askphilosophy

Both options are non-ideal. Some mods are on a power trip and public opinion can vary wildly depending on the thread/community

Overwatch 2 basically reminded me that there are single player games that you fully pay for one time and that range from as relaxing–intense as you’re in the mood for. Now I’m playing Stardew valley and Slay the spire while I’m watching TV and movies. If I feel like action, I’ll play more Yakuza

Personally I can’t stand the gearing up phase of BR. So boring to have to find weapons every time only to get taken out by some guy more skilled than you

Using Lemmy seems better in a mobile browser than in the app. But maybe that’s just me

They’re really pulling a No Man’s Sky here. I hope the game continues to see development

Facebook dies due to privacy concerns and misinformation. Twitter under threat because Elon. Imgur just deleted their NSFW content. Reddit with its API pricing. Twitch executives also getting greedy. Youtube has been going down for years.

It feels like we’re seeing the natural life-cycle of social media companies in real time.

I don’t have the answer but I share your sentiment.

One thing I hated about reddit is the mods would ban you for participating on certain subs. For instance, I got banned from r/WhitePeopleTwitter for commenting in a r/Conservative thread. (I was actually disagreeing with someone, but that’s neither here nor there.)

The Fediverse feels like a worse version of that phenomenon. Entire communities are blocked off from each other by the admins of the instance. I fear that Lemmy might become a disjointed group of echo-chambers. Some might argue that reddit already is.

If reddit deletes NSFW content, we can expect a third exodus of users

I hate to say this but Lemmy is way less user friendly than Reddit. I doubt anything close to 10% of reddit will come over here. This site should focus on improving new user acquisition.

1. Not a good name for a social media site. Google/Youtube searching “Lemmy” just gives results for a guitarist

2. The average joe doesn’t understand how federation works

3. You have to decide which place to make an account

4. You have to write an essay to join (I’ve seen people complain about this)

5. The top instances look very political/left wing

6. If you’re persistent, educate yourself, and make it through the process, you can join a site with ~1000 active users.

7. Following remote communities is unintuitive. You have to search the link from your instance to subscribe to another instance (e.g., if your account is on beehaw, you have to search [email protected]. You can’t click their subscribe button on lemmy.ml.)

You and I know that different instances of Lemmy are mutually accessible and so #3 and #5 are not a problem. But for the uneducated all the above are significant barriers for entry/retention.