• tf1@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    I still go on reddit often since that’s where most of the game communities I want to hear from are.

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              8 hours ago

              Lemmy doesnt have a laundry dedicated community anywhere that Ive looked… reddit does however…

              So I guess the Lemmings let mama and dada do their laundry for them still 😅

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                8 hours ago

                so its nothing more than a community that talks about Laundry? sorry if this sounds dumb but man I had been on reddit since the 2010’s and I am just now learning about this lol

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                  7 hours ago

                  there’s so many things that go into laundry care that mostt people need to know about but will never choose to learn about

                  Like iif your detergent uses certain enzymes then you cant use that detergent to clean wool clothing…but the thing is that like 95 % or more of all detergents have enzymes in them…so…

                  Also if you live in apartment building what rights do you have to clean out your washing machines’ filters? What ability do you have to clean those filters?

                  Also which detergents are asstastically bad scams and should never be considered as detergents? Which detergents are actually good? Which companies have bribed those in the media to make it look.like their laundry based products work bbetter than theey actually do? Which detergents shoupd you consider for different msterials? How mucj will they cost over time? SHould you just make asnd use your own homemade detergents?

                  also Do homemade eco friendly fabric softeners exist and should you even use fabric softeners at all?

                  How good are copper and lamolin coated clothing at clesning themselves as both of these substances have been found to have anti microbial properties?

                  How do other regions that dont have easy access to washing machines and dryers do their laundry? Can we take any advice from theiir methods?

                  How eco friendly are certain types oof clothingsa and even certain types of washing methods? It has been. shown that some of the biggest polluters of microplastics into our world today are microscopic specks from cleaning aritficial fabrics like polyester

                  Ar ethere any scam washing machines or dryers in the msrket today? How can we tell that they are garbage at cleaning and drying clothing?

                  When you hhang dry clothing what types of methods could you use to ensure that you dont promote the growth of certain hydrophobic microbes?

                  The topics go on and on…

                  Lemmy has no community dedicated to talking about any of these topics…

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                    7 hours ago

                    hahaha, well consider me one of today’s lucky 10,000 then. Well if you ever decide to start a dedicated laundry community, I’ll subscribe. Sounds like you already have the perfect sidebar material written out already lol. Cheers!

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        17 hours ago

        That’s the problem with changing social networks.

        People goes where people are. So it takes some major scew up from the current networks. Or a newcomer that have some killer feature everybody will want / need.

        And lemmy lacks that “killer feature”

        • Bilb!@lemmy.ml
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          15 hours ago

          Lemmy/Piefed/Etc has a killer feature (or maybe characteristic), but one that only a fraction of users find appealing. Being decentralized makes the network more resistant to many of the problems we see on Reddit and other networks, or at least, reduces their impact.

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            10 hours ago

            That killer feature is also very unappealing/confusing to the average user. Very similar to Linux in that regard

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              They will get it eventually it just takes time for people to realize they need to try again. That’s the main issue is people are just lazy.

              But I’ve been through multiple conversions like from slashdot to digg then to reddit and now federated. There will always be slow people that take awhile to figure out there is something better to be had.

              I still go on Reddit in some cases because google seo or niche communities that are already pretty small. I mean I don’t login anymore and I’ve replaced all of my 10,000 comments. You can definitely tell there has been a massive brain drain. I still get a chuckle when occasionally people reply to my altered comments saying “aww darn that was actually the correct answer”. All my comments now point to federated communities and call out Reddits awful behavior.

              Sites come on and enshitify and then people move on (I’m used to it) bit its just nice to know I might not have to do that here. It’s a little annoying to manage multiple accounts with Lemmy/piefed but it also gives me a layer of redundancy. Reddit blocking mobile anonymous users has actually helped me a lot because I was hardcore addicted to reddit.

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            15 hours ago

            Yeah, it’s not something lots of people will care about. And some eventually stops at “choosing in instance”.

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        17 hours ago

        🫩 There isnt even an intactivism community here bruh!!! 🫩

        🫪Heck there isnt even LAUNDRY community on Lemmy!?! How yall existed for this long with no laundry community yall?!?🫪

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        23 hours ago

        I think what there users who mostly post and users that mostly comment (I belong to the later). Lemmy could try to bootstrap some of those communities (note: to not make it to specific) by just reposting the same posts that are posted in Reddit and see if that could increase activity.

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          17 hours ago

          there are plenty of empty communities where the only posters are bots that mirror reddit. it’s clear that doesnt do anything except earn a block

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        23 hours ago

        Lemmy never will be big enough without a change in thinking from the feudal nature to a more liberal democracy, alas.

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            Yes I would be pleased to expand thank you for asking.

            Lemmy is a mini reddit, moderators own the space, like a feudal lord. To take off, as an alternative to the feudal spaces of big social media, we need to offer a better alternative.

            To that effect, a clear set of moderation rules would help, and for that set of rules to end in a jury trial of members.

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              But Lemmy is just software. Anyone can throw up an instance with whatever rules they want lol. So why not spin up your own instance with these rules and jury members?

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              What I don’t get with this federated software, Lemmy and Mastodon. It’s ripe for essentially, server level verification of identity. And I don’t mean check every ID of every user.

              But like, this threat talks about game communities. Some larger company, Microsoft, maybe even Valve with Steam, could easily run an instance, and have “official” forums this way. Any anyone on any instance can subscribe and visit. But that way you know that like, I dunno, lame.microsoft/halo is the proper community for Halo. Sure, there may be others, but it can become the place of record with announcements etc.

              Same for Mastodon stuff. But that would be more for individuals. But also stuff. Like you could have movie.studio/tom.cruise and it’s verification that it’s the proper Tom Cruise posting. That sort of thing.

              Plus, smaller communities have less potential burden from a few large accounts loading the system down.

              Etc.

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      You should start a community for those games. Or contribute to an existing one. Be the change

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        10 hours ago

        Assuming they have the energy and time to dedicate to it, alternatively they could just go to Reddit with minimal effort.

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      23 hours ago

      What, they’re not on neoseeker?

      I joke, but really why not try going back to bulletin boards again? Neoseeker was made for games and it always had plenty of users. It’s at least better than reddit.

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      1 day ago

      I mostly stick to Lemmy but there are times when I have a question to ask and the larger number of eyes on it does feel better even if it’s just a placebo

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      I go on Reddit read-only fairly often, but these days it’s quite rare that I’ll post or comment. And when I do I always take the opportunity to promote the fediverse.