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New F-Droid Community (lemdro.id)
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LemDro.id is the instance for all things Android within the threadiverse (Lemmy, Mbin, PieFed and now even NodeBB) and so it's only right that F-Droid finds itself a host on Lemdroid.

The amazing team over at Lemdroid were gracious enough to host the F-Droid community. This opens F-Droid discussions to users whose home instance block ML and more users having easier access to content is never a bad thing.

So if you'd like to subscribe to a community dedicated to open source apps via a Google Play Store alternative, please check out !fdroid@lemdro.id

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So it’s Lemdroid’s responsibility to pander?

They were created as an alternative to LW (https://lemmy.world/post/2318814 - ironically, I saw one of your alts then banned, seems like the LW mods didn't appreciate your posts), so in a sense, yes? But I'll probably just open a post on !askandroid@lemdro.id to see what people over there think.

Says who?

All comments you see mentioning "every time I look for a community on Lemmy to ask a question, it's a ghost town".

!selfhosted@lemmy.world

!gunners@lemmy.world

You care about defederation and moderation policies. Most users just go for the community with the higher number of subs / MAU. This is the main reason why !privacy@lemmy.ml and !linux@lemmy.ml are still the largest communities by far while !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com and !linux@programming.dev exist.

In a way, you show it yourself with the second. You have to go to !gunners@lemmy.world because it's the only active community. If there was a similarly active gunners community elsewhere, wouldn't you post and comment there instead?

If we want decentralization, the non-LW/ml communities have to be better, otherwise network effect just brings people there naturally.

If you prefer not to interfere with that, that's okay, but I'm not sure why criticizing people who try to (and it's not only me, you see other people like @threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works doing a great job consolidating inactive communities: https://lemmy.zip/post/40774008) helps with decentralization.

I like the admin team and the community of Lemdroid.

But we're both part of that community. Me suggesting something to you isn't something that happens in a vacuum, it's two regular poster of the community/instance who discuss where posts are made.

I’m not chasing numbers of trying to act like ActivityPub Jesus, first and foremost is cultivating my good time without letting my ego get in the way.

The first prerequisite to have a good time is to have people to interact with. This has been know for a while: https://lemmy.zip/post/14347368

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    I saw one of your alts then banned

    Huh? What alt? Banned where?

    But I'll probably just open a post on !askandroid@lemdro.id to see what people over there think.

    And this is what I'm talking about when I talk about ego. The Ask Android community is there to enable people to ask questions and find answers, you don't post there and yet you want to close it for your own vanity.

    All comments you see mentioning "every time I look for a community on Lemmy to ask a question, it's a ghost town".

    So let it be a ghost town. Again, there's many good communities that aren't the biggest on Lemmy and they're a success. What makes them a success, the fact that people go back and enjoy them.

    Most users just go for the community with the higher number of subs / MAU.

    Those are literally all of the users I'm trying to avoid. My great Lemmy experience relies on me not having to come across those people.

    This is the main reason why !privacy@lemmy.ml and !linux@lemmy.ml are still the largest communities by far while !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com and !linux@programming.dev exist.

    It's just called traction. There was never a compelling reason to move. It's not like football which got locked so everyone was forced to move.

    If we want decentralization, the non-LW/ml communities have to be better, otherwise network effect just brings people there naturally.

    I want Lemmy. I don't want Blaze's Lemmy or my Lemmy, I just wanna Lemmy. Not everything needs you or my fingerprints on it.

    If you prefer not to interfere with that, that's okay, but I'm not sure why criticizing people who try to (and it's not only me, you see other people like @threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works doing a great job consolidating inactive communities: https://lemmy.zip/post/40774008) helps with decentralization.

    Because this isn't coming from a good place.

    If you were trying to consolidate android@lw and android@lemdroid and android@whatever I could see where you're coming from, but you're literally just being a community Nazi. I can't support that.

    But we're both part of that community. Me suggesting something to you isn't something that happens in a vacuum, it's two regular poster of the community/instance who discuss where posts are made.

    The posts are fine where they are. If I want to discuss features/news I go to android, if I have a question, I go to askandroid

    The first prerequisite to have a good time is to have people to interact with.

    The prerequisite is having some integrity.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Huh? What alt? Banned where?

    https://lemmy.world/post/2318814/1829816

    And this is what I’m talking about when I talk about ego. The Ask Android community is there to enable people to ask questions and find answers, you don’t post there and yet you want to close it for your own vanity.

    Why is wanting !android@lemdro.id to succeed vanity? I'm not the main mod there (I have an alt mod, but that was to created pinned posts). I just want the community to be active, the whole platform to be active.

    So let it be a ghost town. Again, there’s many good communities that aren’t the biggest on Lemmy and they’re a success.

    Ghost towns get consolidated regularly (https://lemmy.zip/post/36169152)

    !askandroid@lemdro.id reflects the Reddit structure, but !android@lemdro.id never got the activity level to justify the split: https://lemmy.zip/post/36094729

    What makes them a success, the fact that people go back and enjoy them.

    I'm not sure people enjoy getting their questions removed from !android@lemdro.id: https://l.lemdro.id/modlog/47 . I quickly checked, they don't post the removed questions elsewhere.

    Those are literally all of the users I’m trying to avoid. My great Lemmy experience relies on me not having to come across those people.

    Those are most of the people. You mention vanity and integrity, but you are also shaping the platform in a certain, as we all do, by our actions.

    I want Lemmy. I don’t want Blaze’s Lemmy or my Lemmy, I just wanna Lemmy. Not everything needs you or my fingerprints on it.

    There are only so many of us around here. You posting to !gunners@lemmy.world has an impact on the platform. People posting, not posting, opening new communities, closing some, moderating. Every action has an impact on the platform. There's no abstract "Lemmy", it's only the result of the users actions and decisions.

    Everyone should be able to make suggestions on how communities are run. It doesn't mean that other people have to listen (as I stated previously, for me the core factor will be what people want to do, and that's why I wanted to ask on !askandroid@lemdro.id ).

    If you were trying to consolidate android@lw and android@lemdroid and android@whatever I could see where you’re coming from, but you’re literally just being a community Nazi. I can’t support that.

    !askandroid is a subset of !android. Not sure why you make such a distinction.

    Edit: I just found a post I made a while ago about this exact question: https://l.lemdro.id/post/17408578?scrollToComments=true

    There was no clear winner between keeping the communities split or merge them.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    https://lemmy.world/post/2318814/1829816

    I see a deleted post with no context.

    Why is wanting !android@lemdro.id to succeed vanity?

    Bruv, seriously, why is this conversation even happening and here?

    I just want the community to be active, the whole platform to be active.

    So stop trying to kill it then.

    Look, fuck everything else. What Lemdroid needs isn't posts, it needs comments. Real comments. Making it look busier isn't going to do that. This is the same as in the football threads where you post with good intentions and get zero responses. You're aiming for the wrong things.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    https://lemmy.world/modlog?userId=332441

    So stop trying to kill it then.

    It's the opposite of killing it.

    Example: a question asked on !android rather than !askAndroid: https://l.lemdro.id/post/8306421

    145 comments

    Another one, question on !android: https://l.lemdro.id/post/77457 - 190 comments

    https://l.lemdro.id/c/askandroid?dataType=Post&sort=MostComments never got more than 51 comments

    Activity brings activity

    This is the same as in the football threads where you post with good intentions and get zero responses. You’re aiming for the wrong things.

    Exactly, and if someone had an "AskFootball" community where there would be 2 posts per week, I would also invite them to consolidate with the main Football community

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