With previous Rexit's like the API debarcle etc. many users were left looking for an alternative, but with decision fatigue and bad UX etc. most did not find the Fediverse a viable option.

What needs to still improve, how can we be ready this time?

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[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 43 points 20 hours ago (6 children)

This. Video games too. And porn for that matter. We're overall a little weak on the trifecta of primary internet subject matter.

At least we're solid on owls though, my enduring admiration to our dedicated owl posters.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 1 points 6 hours ago

there are a lot of video game communities already

honestly too many lol, luckily PieFed has feeds to help this issue https://piefed.social/f/games

there's even more if you include the more specialized communities https://piefed.social/f/allgames

[–] lambalicious 9 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

Unironically this. We need cute animals. Cats, owls, moths, capibaras, pangolins. If we're not gonna have one of the two "true movers" of the internet (porn and correcting people who are wrong) we need something good to compensate.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Lemmy has pretty active communities for both bunnies and foxes.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 3 points 16 hours ago

There are a lot of owls. But also cat, dogs, etc - https://piefed.social/topic/wholesome

[–] aquovie@lemmy.cafe 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Every time I think about starting a community about one of my hobbies, I look at a random modlog and realize I don't want any part of it.

[–] lambalicious 3 points 18 hours ago

The trick is starting a community, but delegating moderation to someone else. Admin ≠ Mod.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 7 points 20 hours ago

There's some anime titties but not enough to go around.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 7 points 20 hours ago

And guitars.

[–] Naho_Zako@piefed.zip 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I've genuinely been thinking about starting nsfw fandom (anime/games) communities centered around more female or queer orientated audiences but I don't know if I'll want to deal with moderation and having to keep it active...

Edit: I also wish we had more silly mini comms of things. I have a family member who finds a new cat sub like every week, but we don't really have that here.