No dedicated community/magazine for Fediverse memes? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by JupiterRowland@sh.itjust.works to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I've noticed that there isn't a single Lemmy community, Mbin magazine etc. for Fediverse memes.

Is that because 99.9% of the Threadiverse came directly from Reddit, almost all Lemmy communities and *bin magazines are outposts of subreddits, and Reddit doesn't meme the Fediverse because hardly anyone on Reddit knows the Fediverse in the first place?

Is it, in addition, because especially Lemmy is too detached from the rest of the Fediverse to know what's memeable and to really understand memes about the Fediverse outside Lemmy?

Or is it simply because Fediverse memes go into other, more general communites/magazines where they simply drown in the flood of other threads?

I mean, I barely see any memes about the Fediverse anywhere on Mastodon. That may be either because your typical Mastodonian is not cut from meme-maker wood, or your typical Mastodonian doesn't know enough about the Fediverse beyond Mastodon, or next to nobody hashtags their meme posts. so they're impossible to find.

And so I thought that this is more common in the Threadiverse, seeing as how meme-happy Reddit is.

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[-] JupiterRowland@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

I've started a new (streams) channel for Fediverse memes, but I thought Lemmy could be another, even better place to post them.

I've already posted two creations of mine there, One does not simply implement FEP-ef61 with very extensive explanations and What if I told you the Fediverse is not only Mastodon? with only one link to explain it. I'm still trying to find the right amount of explanation for an audience that shall be mostly on Mastodon.

Beyond that, I've got loads of ideas. But I don't want to post more of them here than on (streams). So I'll first have to define my way of posting them on (streams) to what will be a largely Mastodon audience in a way that satisfies Mastodon's accessibility requirements the best. I hope to speed up my meme-posting rate then.

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

At this point you might as well start the community. Stick a post up asking for other Mods to help out.

[-] JupiterRowland@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I don't think it's wise to start a Lemmy community and then ask for other people to moderate it while being absent for weeks myself.

In case you haven't read, I'm not primarily a Lemmy user. I'm mostly on Hubzilla and second-mostly on (streams). It may actually occur that I'm not on Lemmy for multiple weeks in a row.

Also, I don't really want to take care of rules and that stuff.

[-] Blaze@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

Interesting, how can I follow/comment on that stream from Lemmy? I tried searching for the link in the search bar but that didn't work

[-] JupiterRowland@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

It's basically like a Hubzilla channel which, in turn, is somewhat like a Friendica account. Which, again, is very vagely like a Mastodon account.

To my best knowledge, you can't follow individual accounts outside the Threadiverse on Lemmy.

In addition, (streams) has recently switched to decentralised IDs as per FEP-ef61. This could be the reason why Lemmy can't find my (streams) channels, but it can find my Hubzilla channels: It doesn't understand DIDs.

[-] Blaze@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

I see, thanks!

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago

Do you though?

[-] Blaze@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

I see it's not compatible with Lemmy 😅

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago

That's enough for me.

[-] Blaze@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

We can create a community together if you want to

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago

I really shouldn't and meme communities can be a bit hectic but it is a bit niche so should be manageable and, having thought about it, I think it would work. So, yeah, do it!

[-] Blaze@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

To be honest I'm also hesitating as they might be quite hectic to mod. I might post tomorrow on !fedigrow@lemm.ee to see if other people would be interested, I guess it would need around 5 mods just to be sure

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

You and me to start, advertise for more. Should be fine. It is a niche meme community.

[-] Blaze@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

Memes can get viral very fast, 50 comments on the one I posted on !fediverselore@lemmy.ca , we would probably get a lot more on a dedicated meme community federated to the major instances