That explains a lot. I thought all of lemmy was communist but it seems like that only applies to lemmygrad. Dunno who would want a lib lemmy instance when Reddit exists tho
this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2022
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On a side note, we would also like to help with the creation of a general-purpose instance that is less focused on politics than most of the existing instances.
My intention with sopuli.xyz was to create a general-purpose instance with no specific political leaning.
I applied for the political instance, but given that sopuli.xyz is already established I would prefer that. I would be happy to help out in any way possible if wanted.
I see, you make a good point. Your instance has been running for a year, but received very few users compared to lemmy.ml. My guess is that you receive new users mainly via join-lemmy.org/instances, is that correct? The problem is that most people only look at the top 2-4 instances, as you can see in the stats (removed everything thats not a Lemmy instance).
Problem is, that list is sorted by most popular and strongly favors established instances. I think it would help a lot of we put 2-4 "recommended instances" at the top of that page, particularly small or general-purpose instances like yours. It would also be pretty simple to have different recommendations for each language, which should help regional instances. There could be a sort of tag system as well, but thats a bit more effort to implement. What do you think?
My guess is that you receive new users mainly via join-lemmy.org/instances, is that correct?
I haven't really done promotion for my instance so that is correct.
I think it would help a lot of we put 2-4 "recommended instances" at the top of that page, particularly small or general-purpose instances like yours. It would also be pretty simple to have different recommendations for each language, which should help regional instances. There could be a sort of tag system as well, but thats a bit more effort to implement. What do you think?
That would be magnificent!
What happens after the first year if the hosting is not renewed? Will you help facilitate migration to another hosting option?
I'm not interested in admining or joining it, just asking in case others had similar concerns.
This post is over a year old...
Peak lemmy algorithm strikes again.
Up until about a month ago, I thought lemmy.ml was plenty welcoming to people on the left that weren't tankies. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, that's changed. The anarkiddie jokes get old really, really fast.
Yeah I'm not even anarchist or anarchist-leaning but it got old ages ago
Really? Liberals have enough soap boxes, they can surely pay for another if they want it.
I do dig the idea of more general purpose instances tho, as long as they keep up on spam mitigation.
All the rest of internet is a liberal echo chamber... Shouldn't just be better if they adapt by showing a minimum of "tolerance" and "nuance" they continuously preach to others and have a minimum politeness instead of we always having to obey their childish desires of having their worldview never questioned?