We aren't really a big instance. We don't even make the top-20. Where we really hit above our weight though is our comment count.

We are medium in size, but we are super engaged.

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[–] [S] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's tricky - I want it to grow, but I don't want to lose the culture we have here. Having run forums 20+ years ago, I know that keeping that balance of culture and growth is super difficult.

Every time, you hit a critical point and suddenly it's a site of random strangers with no community feeling. Reddit hit that point over a decade ago. I don't want to repeat that here if we can avoid it.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    On the one hand, yes.

    On the other hand, you need enough content being created to provoke discussion.

    I don't feel we have enough content at the minute. I reckon the active population needs to double. Maybe we need to give away stubbie coolers.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe bumper stickers? What about..

    'Lemmy Happens'

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "Don't follow me, I'm a Lemming"

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Everyone here is a stranger to me, but i never look at the names of people i engage with.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This is where the avatars come in. I don't pay much attention to the usernames, either. But those little avatars stick in your mind and you start to remember people.

    Yes, everyone is still a stranger, but that doesn't mean there isn't community.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Voyager (and Connect by the sounds) don't display avatars or custom usernames so you lose that bit of customisation in at least some of the apps.

    I think I prefer it. Avatars are usually bad anime anyway. I think mines a ghost face lady.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Huh. You and @Aussiemandeus have probably just answered why I keep defaulting back to Jerboa. I have most of the Lemmy clients installed, and cycle through them. I usually use Jerboa for aussie.zone - I thought that was because it was the first one I had. Now I think it's for the avatar support.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sync also has an option to enable avatars. I can't use any client that doesn't have avatars available. I'm too used to identifying people by their avatars... and now emojis and OP/admin tags.

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