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Why does Lemmy look so wholesome even without the garbage stuff and gild award tokens? Why is there a lack of (retro and pre 2010) gaming discussions? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It feels refreshing like the old days of Reddit minus the bad stuff. People discussing hobbies, music, technology and stuff.

The one thing this place needs now is gaming discussions.

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[–] housefinch@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Sounds like nostalgia there, I remember around 2006 old reddit was a lot like 4chan, where link Russian roulette was seriously a thing, and I saw things I wish I never did on what seemed like a harmless thread. Reddit's always had a shady, icky layer to me. There's also the mass, thoughtless consumerism that doesn't help things along.

I suppose lack of retro gaming discussion is simply because of amount of users, as the site grows I 100% expect it to be made and created. I've noticed a lot of comrades like Oblivion for some reason (I personally love modding it like one of those train sets models people spend years on). On emus a rom community perhaps?

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I will try putting an effort into !retrogamers@lemmy.ml community. Hopefully it grows.

[–] Zoe8338@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Post it on !announcements@lemmy.ml so people join

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 years ago

I will tomorrow after putting up atleast 1-2 welcome posts