Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world unknown1234_5 @kbin.earth 2mo ago

why so much Star Trek?

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?

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

If you've got a problem with it, I suggest watching some more Star Trek.
- 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
  
  It's even in Ask Lemmy now
the venn diagram of star trek fans and terminally online Linux nerds that gravitate towards lemmy is basically a circle
- ... 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?
It helps to keep us Engaged
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.
It’s almost as if lemmy itself is a United Federation of Servers 🤔
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?
- 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.
you’re posting this on literally the federation
I wish I saw that much Star Trek content.
- Block Linux and pervy anime and you'll see a lot more star trek.
  
  I would also like more pervy anime.
  
  Guys, am I doing Lemmy wrong?
- c/tenforward
  
  I'm already subscribed there :)
You're absolutely right, there should be more Stargate, Firefly, and Babylon 5 content.
- All classics, but The Expanse has them beat.
  
  Can confirm.
- Indeed
- So say we all!
- 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.
  
  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.
- 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!
There's an entire Star Trek instance (startrek.website) that followed the /r/daystrominstitute community from reddit during the Exodus.
- 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.
Hey, watch it buddy
That's what I signed up for.
I think there's just a big fanbase here. I just ended up blocking the Star Trek communities; no hate towards them, but I don't watch the show so it was needless clutter to me.
- I started watching the show because of the Star Trek memes around here lol. Turns out I was a fan all along, who just never watched it before. Now I've watched TOS and TNG, I'm over halfway through Voyager and Lower Decks as well, and will probably start throwing in some DS9 soon. It's good stuff, especially if you like sci-fi
  
  Watching Lower Decks before DS9 and ENT is a bold move. ;)
- 🖖
I agree. Star Trek.
Star Trek is a utopia. Why wouldn't we wish to live there?
It's one of my favourite organic Lemmy things
I was just thinking there isn't enough Star Trek.
Use the voyager app or webapp. You can block communities and keywords.
- I do block communities and keywords, but like i said there is a lot of star trek content in non-star trek comms as well, and the keywords thing doesn't help if the post's image is the only thing that mentions star trek.
You get used to it.
- ... it's insidious, isn't it?
  
  Just like the federation.
- Alternatively, block those magazines. It's a bit of a hydra, but you too can be relatively Star Trek (and Star Wars!) free
  
  blocked tenforward, we'll see if i end up needing to block any more
  
  Magazines?
something, something, Federation ...
Need more LEXX: The Dark Zone
Because socialism and this platform is not skewed towards the centre-right/fascism
the tribbles are taking over, there's way more of them than there is of us.
You're surprised at the large concentration of nerds here?
- I'm a nerd and I don't like Star Trek (The Orville is good, though). I also don't like Anime, trading card games, and all the other stereotypical nerd shit. I don't even use Linux (mainly because of KDE's half-assed HDR support). But I'm big on science, computing and gadgets.
  
  The excessive Star Trek posts are annoying.
Wtf are you talking about?
Nerds found here
A lot less than 1% of mine is Star Trek related. I'm not even even sure I've seen enough Star Trek content for it to register as a meaningful fraction of a %.

So, yeah I would think that:

is it just a side effect of the particular communities I’m in

Like discussed in another very recent topic related to porn, it's great to be able to easily filter-out whatever one does not wish to see.

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