Why isn't there a Harry Potter-themed Lemmy instance yet?

It’s one of the first things I would expect from a site like this. I know that J.K. Rowlings views are very controversial to put it mildly, but:

  1. The fandom/books are not the author
  2. Harry Potter will become a part of the Fediverse at some point anyways - better to support it early on and shape its developing rather than having a company build a H.P. social network on top of the fediverse, which will be to our disadvantage
  3. In terms of potential users, this could be huge for the threadiverse
  4. We are in the Fediverse: defederation is always a possibility

Or was it just never tried before / no one wanted to yet?

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Perhaps because there aren’t actually that many dedicated Harry Potter fans on the site? It is quite small, and a bit niche as it is now.

Create one yourself. Nothing is stopping you.

hal_5700X,
@hal_5700X@lemmy.world avatar

95% of the comments is this.

Just let OP have their dream.

rglullis,
@rglullis@communick.news avatar

Why does it have to be a whole instance? Why not just create a community for it and start posting content you find interesting?

HKayn,
@HKayn@dormi.zone avatar

There are legitimate reasons for creating an entire instance for a specific fandom. Independence from other instances and their federation decisions is a big one.

rglullis,
@rglullis@communick.news avatar

Sure, but it seems like that the “need” for independence would come only after the community is already established and some type of conflict came up that made it impossible for them to stay in any of the other already-existing instances.

To put in concrete terms: I wouldn’t have any problem to create a HP community on a topic-specific instance like metacritics.zone. @blue_berry, would you be interested in that? I can make you mod if you want.

HKayn,
@HKayn@dormi.zone avatar

Waiting for a conflict to arise just leaves you with a fractured community in the aftermath.

rglullis,
@rglullis@communick.news avatar

In the aftermath of what? The community hasn’t even formed and you are anxious about an imaginary problem?

HKayn,
@HKayn@dormi.zone avatar

The aftermath of the conflict you referred to in your previous comment.

rglullis,
@rglullis@communick.news avatar

Again, this would be in the chance some “conflict” happened.

Do you think it’s reasonable that people shouldn’t even try to go for the lower-hanging fruit because they see a potential conflict that will lead to some more work?

Blaze,
@Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

To put in concrete terms: I wouldn’t have any problem to create a HP community on a topic-specific instance like metacritics.zone. @blue_berry, would you be interested in that? I can make you mod if you want.

Keep it easy, I think a community such as !harrypotter is more than sufficient for now

rglullis,
@rglullis@communick.news avatar

Oh, if the community exists already even better.

Knitwear,

“separate creator from the art” only works when the creator has passed and no longer benefits from celebrating the art. Arguably not even then.

ArcaneSlime,

Yo-ho yo-ho, they don’t benefit from me.

TORFdot0, (edited )

Most of the people on the fediverse are adults who are most likely going to join either a general instance or a themed instance for interests for adults and not for a children’s book series, especially not one with a TERFy author

People like SpongeBob, I don’t think there is interest for a SpongeBob instance. Nevertheless if you think there is interest in it, feel free to host your own.

Blaze,
@Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

There is !harrypotter if you want to join. There is some activity at the moment, but not enough to go for a dedicated instance.

Also, as the other comments have shown, the bigotry of the author does not help.

redcalcium,

It’s very obvious that the kind of people that hang around in fediverse absolutely despise Rowling. I never see any positive discourse about Harry Potter here. Even discussions about the game are generally negative.

ada,
@ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

There was one, but as you can see, there isn’t much of an interest in the works of bigots

XTL,

Really? A whole instance?

ada,
@ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I mean, it was just a lemmy instance someone put up. It’s not that huge a thing, and it wasn’t very popular…

fmstrat,

The issue at hand is you fail to separate the fandom from the economic benefit driven to the author.

It’s like buying Nestle because you enjoy the chocolate, despite the fact that there are respectable companies that aren’t absolute monsters that also make chocolate you could be enjoying.

JKR is as much HP as Mark Schneide is Nestle. End of story. If you don’t support her views, find one of the millions of other wonderful works of literature to be a fan of.

originalucifer,
@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

be the change you want to see

kylie_kraft,
  1. fuck J.K. Rowling and anything to do with her.
  2. you want a Harry Potter themed instance? fucking make one.
grandel,

I’ve obviously missed something here, but why the hatred towards Rowling?

LinkOpensChest_wav,
@LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar
  1. Your “separate the author from the works” is your opinion
  2. Even if we do separate them, the works themselves are brimful of problematic tropes and stereotypes
  3. I don’t want Harry Potter fans coming here, good god. I’d rather sound with a habanero-infused DS stylus than hang out with Harry Potter fans.
ramble81,

Well, number 3 is an image I won’t be able to unthink….

Blaze,
@Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I don’t want Harry Potter fans coming here, good god. I’d rather sound with a habanero-infused DS stylus than hang out with Harry Potter fans.

Hey, I’m a fan of the universe, I hope I’m still welcome here

LinkOpensChest_wav,
@LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Thanks for the heads up. I’ll block you to improve my experience

Steve,

I also like Harry Potter, will you block me as well?

Blaze,
@Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

You like Star Trek, maybe that makes it even

LinkOpensChest_wav,
@LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Sure thing, Steve-O

Man, these TERF book fans make it easy!

Use the Force, Harry!

Blockus accountus!

Blaze,
@Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I mean, we’ve interacted with you quite a lot in the past, always in a pleasant manner, but you do you.

Microw,

I don’t want Harry Potter fans coming here, good god.

To quote you: That’s your opinion

LinkOpensChest_wav,
@LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Obviously. Unlike OP, I didn’t present it as an absolute fact.

rikudou,

Well, even if you ignore the author, the books are actually trash once you’re older than ~16 years (give or take a year or two). There are soooo many inconsistencies, that I could write like one full A4 page just from the top of my head (and I read it in 2007, so you bet I’ve forgotten most of it). I could write many more pages with some light Googling.

DerisionConsulting, (edited )

People who are part of the Fediverse are generally progressive, which is why they are here to begin with instead of facebook/Xitter/reddit.
People who are progressive generally don’t like people who don’t like trans people.

This is just anecdotally, but it there seems to be much higher than average rate of trans persons on the fediverse.

lazzerot, (edited )

I think it’s just that trans people will find it easier to transition from one dying platform to a beautiful new one. (I’m so sorry, but you basically set up the punchline for me, I’ll show myself out now.)

hal_5700X,
@hal_5700X@lemmy.world avatar

ha haaa

HopeOfTheGunblade,
HopeOfTheGunblade avatar

I approve of this humorous framing.

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