this post was submitted on 10 May 2024
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Since lemmy is decentralized, the demographics are going to vary greatly depending on the instance. You’d have to create a pretty generalized poll and then post to most of the major instances to get anything close to even a general read.
What's wrong with hexbear? I must've missed something
@JetpackJackson this community had a thread on them last week, scroll a bit and you'll soon see it.
Alright, thank you.
Oh. Yikes
Hexbear seems a little passive, they could be a little more aggressive in their interactions. Also they don't include enough random spam and shit posting when they find a thread they want to interact with. What's really sad though is that they only tend to engage with one or two representatives instead of sending every user on their server into the thread.
I know well enough to have that instance blocked
This is true.
at first I wasnt picturing how that would work exactly but then I realized you are a bit locked down into your own communities a bit unless you intentionally explore other areas or mainly look at the everything section
Not so much. One has the freedom to explore and subscribe and participate in communities across the lemmyverse (mostly) regardless of what one’s home instance is.
However, one’s home instance often has quite the influence on one’s… perspective and one’s exposure— even one’s intended exposure.
For example, one will probably have a notably different experience if one starts from Lemmy.world vs lemmy.ml (or even lemmygrad.ml) vs lemm.ee. Or, especially Beehaw.org. And that experience may color how one views how one experiences external communities.
My point is that it’s mor complex and nuanced than you’re giving it credit for.
interesting