It's not that they're not active, it's that every single thread on every single community devolves into linux discussions even if the community isn't in any way supposed to be about Linux.

Also the ones that aren't active aren't active because everyone realized lemmy only caters to like three interests.

We need better moderation so that the communities which are supposed to be about Linux are, and the ones that aren't don't get flooded with it. That way newcomers won't feel like they have no place here unless they're an anti-car, vegan, FOSS user.

If this doesn't happen, lemmy will slowly die and people will have to go to other places like Tildes or back to Reddit.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Personally I don't think I've noticed this. Things devolving into political discussions, sure, but that's par for the course with social media I imagine. I had assumed you meant the prevalence of Linux stuff on the all feed.

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No I mean the prevalence of Linux on c/memes, on c/mildlyinfuriating, c/programmerhumor, anywhere but Linux and Linux memes which are specifically designated for that content.

If you haven't seen it on the comments of every possible thread you're either wearing blinders or willfully ignorant. You can't go three comments down on a single post anywhere without someone mentioning Linux and then the whole thread is Linux from there.

[–] valaramech@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would fully expect Linux content on any community dedicated to technology (i.e. programmerhumor); the rest is totally understandable. Though, I have to agree with @CarbonIceDragon, I really don't see as much Linux content as you seem to - granted I use kbin, not lemmy.

I've read that Lemmy is a bit more personally curated than kbin, is it possible you've just accidentally built yourself a Linux bubble?

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Fair enough on programmer humor, but no I don't think I've built any kind of bubble. I only subscribe to those two aforementioned Linux communities, everything else is just bleed over. My feed is pretty well rounded to match what I had going on over at reddit.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Idea: Join me on !trains@lemmy.ml and help me post more Linux-free train and railway news?

!bahn@feddit.de auf Deutsch!

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hmm but what kind of software do these trains run on? Allow me to take a moment and explain how switching these operations to Linux could increase schedule reliability while minimizing expenses.

(/s, if needed.. I hope your community grows!)

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks. I'd heard they were serving WINE on some trains... (suspicious look)

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Dunno if this is default lemmy behavior but you can filter keywords on Voyager (and I'm sure other clients).