I've pointed a couple folks to Lemmy.world and it's uhhh, pretty hard Left for them (as one girl, who volunteered for the Democrats said "I just got yelled at because I can't be Left wing unless I want to destroy capitalism? Which feels weird.") We're much farther Left than reddit which itself was definitely Left of centre...

I don't know if decentralized open source social media actually attracts many mainstreamers but assuming we want to grow the fediverse, I'd like to have somewhere I can point people to without feeling very nervous for them.

Thanks!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Well then idk what to say. Lemmy and the fediverse is a failed experiment. I mean what's the point if people just congregate into one huge instance? Kinda defeats the purpose, no?

[–] dingus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

I mean, there are still multiple large and/or long standing instances out there. It's not like there is only a single one of them. I would just generally encourage people to utilize those instead. And if they choose a smaller instance that they should be aware of the risks.

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 points 5 minutes ago

If smaller instances aren't stable or practical then this is a failed experiment. End of story.