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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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I've been one of the people saying "we don't need more users. we need quality over quantity" and i was wrong.

the way it's going, lemmy needs active users who post content sothat the network stays relevant. networks like the fediverse benefit from network effects and that means that if we have more users, that improves the value and quality of the fediverse overall.

So please, everyone, when you can, make advertisement for the fediverse in your personal area. Go talk to friends, make attractive stickers and put them everywhere, stuff like that. We would all benefit from it.

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[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

i would even say searching and finding are about equally important.

finding means that you stumble upon good content by accident, which is i.e. with content recommendation algorithms. We need a system that shows you similar communities to those that you're already subscribed to. I even made a post about this here.

Also we really need a better way to link to other posts and comments. I.e. it shouldn't bring you to another site but open the link on your site/app/viewer.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it shouldn’t bring you to another site but open the link on your site

PieFed does that, FYI.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

yeah i just checked, amazing!

piefed also has this amazingly good dialogue when you sign up:

[–] rimu@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Haha Lemmy has way too much Trump news IMO!

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

yeah :(

[–] rimu@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I even went as far as making a browser extension - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/uglymug/

God, he is hideous.