I mean, for something that is meant to provide cotent for near-every niche or interest out there, it is nearly nothing. On Reddit, both Dota2 and War Thunder are more than half-way there every week, and those are both niche, and not particularly topical. Frankly, for the average user, Lemmy doesn't have enough content to be relevant.

Dont get me wrong, I'm still here and still hopeful for the Fediverse's success but blaming the user and pretenting the problems don't exist isn't helping the problem, and instead just makes us look like elitists and assholes. We're the ones trying to make a product for them, not the other way around. If you want the platform to be appealing to standard users, stop whining, and start posting more or otherwise contributing more to the platorm.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It not having the people to be a place for you is perfectly acceptable reason to not be interested, but dismissing near 40K people as nothing is just wrong. That's the population of a decent sized town.

We’re the ones trying to make a product for them

I really hate this language. I'm trying to build a community, not make something to be profited off.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

While I mostly agree with you, I'd argue that a "product" isn't something that necessarily involves any sort of capitalist fever dream of something to be sold or profited off of. A "product" is, at the end of the day, a quantifiable result of work, and Fediverse software is arguably such a thing.

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