I just joined Lemmy and so far I’m enjoying it. It’s a little bit sparse in terms of content and users, but I think it has a really cool structure, and it feels more human than certain other social media sites.

I’m curious to know what users think about who is welcome here. Do you think it should be gates open, everyone including your aunt should join, or is it more exclusive to people interested in the fediverse as a starting point? Or something else?

Not trying to stir up shit, just genuinely curious about what the vibe is and where the community thinks it is or should be going.

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    As a nontechnical aunt myself, I’d like to see more space here for women that aren’t naked. There’s no place like TrollX for memes or TwoX for serious discussion. It looks like it was tried but there weren’t enough of the kind of hardass moderators necessary to prevent misogynistic brigading and trolling, and too little activity in general to keep it going. Nothing against porn (although I have my doubts about what percentage of the ladies put their own stuff up rather than someone else doing it) but the Lemmyhood feels even more male-dominated than Reddit did.

    I would very much like to be wrong about this, so let me know what I’ve been missing. I do follow some of the traditionally-female-craft communities like Embroidery.