why is like 30% of the content on Lemmy star trek related? is it just a side effect of the particular communities I’m in or is it an actual platform-wide thing?

  • @fireweed
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    Star Trek is a franchise about a bunch of nerds striving to find a “better way” to run society

    Lemmy is a platform populated by a bunch of nerds striving to find a “better way” to run social media

    Not surprising that there’s overlap

  • @SpaceNoodle
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    742 months ago

    I don’t know, but I fucking love it.

    If you’ve got a problem with it, I suggest watching some more Star Trek.

    • unknown1234_5OP
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      don’t have a problem with it it’s just weird that there is so much Star Trek focused content on communities that have absolutely nothing to do with it

      • @saltesc
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        192 months ago

        It’s all Linux, Star Trek, and extremely niche porn categories.

          • @credo
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            Mmmm. I love me some Trekommie porn.

  • @[email protected]
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    592 months ago

    the venn diagram of star trek fans and terminally online Linux nerds that gravitate towards lemmy is basically a circle

    • andyburke
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      272 months ago

      … the unit circle, in fact! In this talk, I will explain how the Fediverse and rhe Federation are analagous constructs in …

      where is everybody going?

  • @[email protected]
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    402 months ago

    Star Trek is popular among left-wing turbonerds, aka Lemmys primary demographic. There was also a big push to join Lemmy on r/StarTrek after Reddits API controversy.

  • Obinice
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    402 months ago

    It helps to keep us Engaged

  • @Zachariah
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    312 months ago

    you’re posting this on literally the federation

  • @AlternatePersonMan
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    302 months ago

    There either a lot of Trekkies, or a few that post a lot of content. Either way, I get a chuckle, even if Star Trek isn’t my thing.

    We need someone to post content for our endless doom scrolling, right?

    • @[email protected]
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      62 months ago

      I try to contribute but I’m often too busy to make the memes I dream

      I love the mods and regulars on /c/tenforward, it’s a great subnet.

  • Melllvar
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    There’s an entire Star Trek instance (startrek.website) that followed the /r/daystrominstitute community from reddit during the Exodus.

    • @[email protected]
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      Well I guess that explains why that instance has all the turbo pedantic Trekkies. /c/tenforward on lemmy world is where the fun fans are.

  • @givesomefucks
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    182 months ago

    There’s a big star trek instance.

    So when people migrated en masse a year ago, those were the already established communities, except like lemmy.ml stuff.

    Basically, they’re from a long time ago in a fediverse far, far away.

    • @[email protected]
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      192 months ago

      There’s a big star trek instance.

      The main Star Trek meme subreddit even has a stickied thread that directs people to Lemmy:

      Lastly, it’s no secret that Reddit dot com has changed into a wannabe meta poser d1ck gobbling for profit he-gets-us trash hole. If you are as sick of that shit as I am, join us at startrek.website for another fun version of risa and other great trek discussions. It’s kind of like here, just less convenient, and no spez grifting in sight.

  • Quazatron
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    162 months ago

    You’re absolutely right, there should be more Stargate, Firefly, and Babylon 5 content.

    • @FordBeeblebrox
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      32 months ago

      I’m currently watching SG1 while drinking whisky out of a Starfleet cup. More of all the sci fi and they can all exist together!

    • @surph_ninja
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      32 months ago

      All classics, but The Expanse has them beat.

    • @redhorsejacket
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      32 months ago

      Man, it seems like it might fall to me to start carrying the torch for Farscape on this platform.

      I know some of you weirdos prefer your scifi full of Muppets and bondage gear.

      • Quazatron
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        12 months ago

        Funny you should mention Farscape, I’ve only now started watching it (I somehow missed it when it came out). I still prefer Vala Mal Doran, but I’ll take any show with Claudia Black.

        • @redhorsejacket
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          Haha I had a similar experience this year. I knew of Farscape when it was airing, but I was much more of a Stargate fan in my teens. Saw it was streaming earlier this year and proceeded through 2 seasons and some change before it was made unavailable on the streaming platform I was using. I need to obtain the rest of the series so I can begin cranking out the memes.

          To be clear, the weirdos who prefer their sci Fi with Muppets and bondage gear is me. I’m weirdos.

  • @Crackhappy
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    112 months ago

    Star Trek is a utopia. Why wouldn’t we wish to live there?