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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    It’s like a secret dialect to unlocking conversation with people who are nerdy and struggle to maintain a conversation. Once you are aware that the IT guy/gal you are talking to has seen Star Trek then you don’t need to reach any further for other conversation topics.

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      Just to expand, even if you don’t watch Star Trek, asking if they think “Deep Space 9” is worth watching will yield you hours of socialising.

      I’ve not had to deploy this technique for a while because eventually I watched Star Trek and loved it. Now I’m one of those people lol.

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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

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

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

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      … 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?

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    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.

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    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?

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      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.

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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.

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    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.

    • SatyrSack@feddit.org
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      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.