this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I saw an earlier post that showed Lemmy's recent rapid growth followed by a plateau and then slight decline. My feeling is that there is a very LOUD minority of Lemmy users that are trying to act as self-anointed gatekeepers and they're bringing the platform down as a direct consequence. It makes the platform look petty and small to new and existing users alike. If the top posts are continually about shaming other users then this platform isn't going to last. Let's focus on building communities and having interesting conversations rather than one upping each other.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Nailed it. Some users are intent on making this reddit 2.0 with all the baggage. Ive seen entire subs be spam downvoted because some user had the time and hate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When Sync lauched it was all anyone was talking about. I don't see the memes for and against Sync as people actually upset I just think it is the meta topic of the week. Like when beans were a meme following the "how can I not poop for three days?"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

that may or may not be the case, but the reality of the situation is that it makes the whole foss community look a whole lot more off putting

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The Poop Warrior shall live on in our memories.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They spent a month shitting on reddit now there's something new to shit on

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

very LOUD minority

self-anointed gatekeepers

top posts are continually about shaming other users

Crabs in a bucket. No one's allowed to succeed, unless everyone™ does.