I’ve created a new Lemmy instance at dullsters.net

When I created this community several months ago I had no aspirations of it becoming much of anything. In a short amount of time it has grown to over 1500 subscribers and is one of the top recommended non-political communities. I am always looking forward to the posts that are shared here, and the unique culture being developed.

I see the importance of the decentralized aspect of the Fediverse. We frequently see drama surrounding moderation and federation policies. None of that applies to the content in this community.

I have no qualms with admins running their site the way they want to and they are often placed in difficult positions. However, this is one of the true places of neutrality on the Fediverse and it should remain that way.

In the few months this community has existed there have been maybe a half dozen moderation actions taken. You have remained, for the most part, very dull, and I thank you for that.

The name of the community should be changed, I hadn’t realized that dull men’s club was the result of someone else’s ideas and work. The new name should represent this community that you all have created and the place it exists, The Fediverse.

The new instance won’t have any users except for the purpose of moderation, you will still use your account from a federated instance. I’m still ironing out a few wrinkles with the site, it should be done whenever I get around to it.

In the meantime suggestions for the new name should be made in a top level comment so that they can be voted on.

Thank you all once again for making this community what it is.

  • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Don’t overthink (or try to be too interesting, LOL).

    dullsters @dullsters.net

    I also like that’s a touch more inclusive.

      • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Of course. Figured I wouldn’t make it an auto-link since it doesn’t exist, and may never exist.

          • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            10 months ago

            So I owe you a mental apology. I was all like, “why are they bein’ so salty?!” I mean, yeah, it’s the same format as an email address, but you’d have to copy it, open your email, paste it in… WTF dude…

            then I opened this thread in Voyager.

            Point taken. 😂

            • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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              10 months ago

              Oh, I wasn’t intending to sound salty. I was going for dull: Email is much more dull than the fediverse.

              And, yeah, I’m using Voyager, which prompted me replying with the ! to begin with.

  • eletes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    10 months ago

    On one hand it feels weird that a whole instance should be spun off for this. On the other I just say fuck it, decentralization helps spread the load.

    Cool to see this happen and I’ll be following on how it turns out

    • DUMBASS@leminal.spaceEnglish
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      10 months ago

      But now we can branch it off and have like a dull gardening community and a dull cooking one, a place for people to say something they’ve done today that was dull but worthwhile, the dullness is endless.

  • wirelesswire@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I understand why it’s called as such, but I’m not really a fan of the community being called ‘dull’, as I’ve found quite a few of the posts pretty interesting. Maybe I too am just dull, lol.

    Maybe something like “Everyday Life” would be a good fit.

    • glimse@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I like dull. I think calling it that is a celebration of the mundane.

      Everyday Life somehow sounds more boring