this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2025
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This community only has one rule.

Rule: You must post before you leave.

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out of the loop on the drama? here’s a breakdown: https://lemmy.cafe/comment/9410682

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[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

might also be coming across this post in one of the various communities because this community's link is being spammed through the roof right now. If you're annoyed by it just add the link to your apps comment filter.

Also yes the name is too long, I've gotten accustomed to the fact I'm never linking it via mobile 😅

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 hours ago

it has a certain charm to it 😅

[–] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I browse all feeds and enjoyed the random 196 stuff that popped up.

Since the drama there does seem to be a lot more posts. Is it renewed interest or were there more restrictions previously?

I'm just happy to see posts tbh.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Since it's a new community, there's an increased effort of people ~~spamming~~ sending posts more than usual to try to have it gain more traction, I do expect that eventually it will calm down again once all this drama blows over.

I also think that now there's essentially going to be two different 196s, or maybe three that are actively used because there's going to be the people who didn't bother leaving, the people who left, and now of course they've opened up another "official" channel on LW which is seeing activity.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 hours ago

I wouldn’t doubt that some on the new community are posting “extra hard” for the time being just so the brand new community has some content to engage with. It’s literally shiny brand new and so an empty community with nothing to look at wasn’t much fun XD

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 25 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

The number of people who think it’s faster or easier to post an angry comment than block a community is far too high.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 hours ago

Your comment showed up in my feed today how dare you even consider posting an opinion that's different than mine AND clutter my feed! /hardJ

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee 6 points 4 hours ago

IMO it has to do with people needing validation online. The more people that agree with them, the more they think that their way of thinking is right and just. They then shift to communities and people that don't point out the fallacies in their views which is colloquially called an "echochamber". Then it just snowballs into this sort of subculture or tribe that foams at the mouth any time someone comes along with a different opinion which creates overly dramatic situations like this that would never occur in the real world, but people like to put their internet armor on and draw their ego swords thinking their entire way of life is being threatened because someone says something like "Why are you so agressive to these other people?"

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

This drama has spread through at least 5 communities that I'm aware of so far. It's not just one.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Should be

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, those, and the other two 196 communities we now have.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you for listing their ages, I guess?

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I think they listed the ages because taking your comment at face value, it makes it seem like those communities were made recently, where it's not that, it's just they never took off

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Thanks for explaining, I can see how it comes off that way. Please ignore it, since it's not relevant to my actual point.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 1 points 3 hours ago

Indeed, thank you.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

I don't think expressing frustration was about efficiency

[–] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Or just sub to all three of them, if they ever unblock the original. Tbh I'm so glad that people took up the mantle from the old mod team and kept the community alive here.

[–] GandalftheBlack@feddit.org 16 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

I enjoy the posts! Never actually been in a 196 community, here or on Reddit, but I'm all for it

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 12 points 6 hours ago

hell yea :3