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.

  • wjriiEnglish
    735·
    4 months ago

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

    dullsters @dullsters.net

    I also like that’s a touch more inclusive.

      • wjriiEnglish
        6·
        4 months ago

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

        • Zachariah
          62·
          4 months ago

          Okay, I’ll just email you my posts then.

          • wjriiEnglish
            2·
            4 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
              3·
              4 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.

              • wjrii
                4·
                4 months ago

                No worries, LOL. Strangers typing messages to each other will result in that.

      • wjrii
        2·
        4 months ago

        Seems to be working fine, and I subscribed via the ‘!’ Lemmylink.

    • moodymellodrone@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      I like this one (although there are some really good ideas here!). It’s a spin on the original name and unique to the Fediverse. Also not everything needs to be inclusive. It’s just a place meant for guys to shoot the shit. Changing the name that way would take away from the comedy imo. And anyway you can pose as a dull man on the internet, who’s gonna know? Lol ;)

  • eletes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    19·
    4 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
      6·
      4 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.

      • BoxOfFeet
        3·
        4 months ago

        That’s what I was thinking, too. Dull DIY, Dull gaming. Maybe one like Dull Work where you can share minor work wins nobody else you know would care about.

    • tyler@programming.dev
      3·
      4 months ago

      It actually increases the load, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing if it helps prevent centralization.

  • ikidd
    English
    171·
    4 months ago

    That sounds like way too much effort for me.

  • OldManBOMBIN
    15·
    4 months ago

    Worldwide Federated Association of Men and Guys For Whom Life is Pretty Plain Actually

  • Artyom@lemm.ee
    6·
    4 months ago

    So what if someone else came up with the name “Dull Men’s Club”? We can co-opt any name we want. There’s no rule that says whomever says a name first on the internet gets dibs forever.

    • PriorityMotifOPM
      6·
      4 months ago

      The real dull men’s club has existed for 40 years, they have branding and a website.