For the unaware, Lemmy is a Fediverse alternative to platforms such as Reddit and Tildes. I've been using Lemmy as one of my main social platforms for the pa...

I made a blog post on my biggest issue in Lemmy and the proposed solutions for it. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

  • Ashtear@lemm.eeEnglish
    20·
    5 months ago

    Indeed, if these places are able to survive, they’ll survive. No need to force it.

    This kind of worship at the altar of efficiency is a big part of why we are losing our third places in society. Half the reason I’m here is to build. Not consolidate.

    • rglullis@communick.newsEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

      This kind of worship at the altar of efficiency is a big part of why we are losing our third places in society.

      This is a brilliant and eloquent observation. My only concern is that younger people (and more specifically younger people from North America, the dominant demographic here and on reddit) never even had a third-place to begin with, so they wouldn’t know what they are missing.