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[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Are we going to have a community that is focused on gaming discussion and another focused on memes and low-effort posts? Or are they going to be combined?

[–] Willer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

idk about you but this is a valid question that could be discussed if you werent so full of yourself

[–] rookie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, as long as we're using an upvote system, those need to be split so the articles and discussion posts don't get drowned out in a sea of easily-consumed and quickly-upvoted low-content posts. I know I would personally really prefer having a proper feedly-style community with a bunch of articles and discussions than another gaming meme one that could basically be a bot linked to an instagram feed.

so, god knows there's enough games communities across the various larger instances right now but, even so... maybe we should start a /c/gamingdiscussion?

[–] tswifttrapqueen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Agreed because I don’t like the OP for being a low effort meme, but also I feel like if there’s a community you’re interested in, just go make it.

Especially as people migrate off of Reddit and Lemmy grows. Anyone coming from Reddit who was interested in games knows there is a demand for a discussion/news based community like r/games

[–] rookie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Honestly, a community like /r/games without the power mod approach to what articles can be posted would be really nice.

It's definitely a valid question though, because Lemmy is going to be just as vulnerable as reddit to the problem of how much quicker low-effort memes accrue upvotes, which naturally results in them drowning out articles and discussion posts. The latter, despite being more interesting and generally "higher-quality", will always take more time per-user to engage with - so, in systems like this, they naturally fall behind in both pace and volume of upvote.

[–] berno@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

ah yes the gaming v games debate continues on a new platform, very interesting