Not that it isn’t a great place as it is
It’s pretty good as it is. But the advantage with Reddit is that there are more niche communities, and those are the only reason I use big social media like Reddit. I’m subscribed to >50 subreddits and never comment. I have access to good information and expert opinion if I can be assed to look for it. Lemmy is more “stochastic” as in there are less people and less communities on here.
If the shitpost community people learned how to meme, it would make me happier.
Reddit had r/massivecock. The degenerate community here is suprisingly small.
Not being able to downvote without responding, and unproductive comments (like pure ad hominems) being removed
More non-tech niche hobbies, which need more non techie adoption in a way
IME, that sort of content just gets ignored here, no comments, few votes
Which is why we need more activity there
Everything is politics, especially the “absence” of politics. Would love to have a bit less of (USian) partisan politics though.
I agree, but unfortunately hard to avoid since they (we) are the ones making the most problems
Niche craft, food, and game communities with lots of people posting/interacting
The resolution of the left/liberal conflict. Anarchists and Marxist-Leninists have mostly ironed out our differences to the point of at least being cordial, but liberals and the left still butt heads. Considering Lemmy is never going to not have the left, it will require either the liberals leaving, defederating, or converting to the left. I know you said no politics, but that’s really the basis of ending the toxicity that does exist here.
I was hoping for more levity. Like pictures of kitties inside of smol objects 🤷♀️
Maybe someday.
Be the change you seek
Political affiliation is such a multi dimensional concept; reducing it to the labels of ‘left’ and ‘liberal’ serves only to downsample the space into something simplistically palatable; a tasty morsel to satiate our baser tribalistic instincts.
If anything, things would be a lot more civil if we conversed about specific beliefs or policies rather creating a symlink between one view and a thousand other tangentially related views and calling it some ‘ism’.
“Leave or conform” what a beautiful world it would be.
It is an oversimplification, but I believe the base of it is the base of conflict here. Do you think we should preserve capitalism, or should we move on from it? Do you think socialism would be nice, but have no plan to get there beyond electoralism, or do you have centuries of historical practice to look to for inspiration? I deliberately said the “left” in vague terms because even if I may disagree with anarchists, I can align with them on moving beyond capitalism. These two groups, the left and the liberal, form the most opposing sides in Lemmy bickering.
I’ll also stand in defense of the “-ism.” I am a Marxist-Leninist. This means I accept Marx’s theories on the law of value, the scientific approach to socialism guided by class struggle and historical materialism, as well as dialectical materialism as a world outlook. It also means I agree with Lenin on his analysis of imperialism, the strategy and tactics of the Leninist party structure, and the necessity to support national liberation movements. Telling someone that I’m an ML lets them know right away that I agree with these things.
Making it so when Mastodon users post here, they don’t shit the place up with their @s and #s.
I think better compatibility with the Mastodon side would go a long way towards fixing the userbase / content problem.
There are 672k monthly active users on Mastodon who can’t easily interact with threadiverse. Although this is mostly a change that they need to implement
the Mastodon devs never seem that interested in working with other platforms, it’s sad to see
I thought it was just me who can’t stand that shit, good to know I’m not alone!
More courtesy, listening, and empathy of the human. I have seen too many times users jump to conclusions, extremes and high levels of hatred in their words. Things that if done in person would also cause others to avoid the situations, but when done online we all give it a pass. I’m sure I’m guilty of this as well. 🫠
I agree. Sometimes words can’t fully express what we mean because we also rely on subtle cues from facial expressions and body language, and not everyone is a good writer. I’ve realized that my partner and I sometimes misunderstand each other, but things become clearer when we meet in person.
More people posting content that they enjoy to share with others
More active hobby communities.
Rocks and minerals! Collecting them, observing them, and learning about them.
Without discussing food, digestion, or hunger: describe the process of eating a grape.
Its always so funny to me when people talk about something “having politics” or “being political”. Everything is political. Politics isn’t just “I like [insert politician]”.
Keeping bot posts at bay. Heed the bad example reddit set. It was once a good place until it was enshittified.
