@threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
Ik that there used to be Diagonlemmy, but, IMHO, we should create an instance that is exclusive to Harry Potter, and the Wizarding World.
Perhaps call the instance Wizarding.World, or something.
That way, Fediverse users who wish to interact with Harry Potter material can, and other users/instances/etc, can defederate/don’t have to.
Harry Potter is only going to become more popular.
The HBO Harry Potter series is coming. Whether we like it or not, the HP fandom is about to have a significant resurgence, and it’s going to find a home somewhere on the internet.
The question is whether that somewhere is Reddit, Discord, and corporate platforms — or whether the Fediverse gets there first and shapes what that community looks like.
People flock to spaces where they feel familiar and welcomed.
Rowling will profit from HP whether a Lemmy instance exists or not.
The Fediverse needs more projects that make immediate sense to people, and it needs to stop ceding entire fandoms to corporate platforms by default.
The move isn’t to reject the fandom.
The move is to build the instance with explicit values — pro-trans, pro-queer, progressive moderation, zero tolerance for bigotry.
Pull HP fans into federated, open spaces and surround them with those values.
That’s far more powerful than gatekeeping.
EDIT:
I Cross-posted this to Fediverse @ Lemmy.World
https://literature.cafe/post/30408865
EDIT EDIT:
It would also most likely be beneficial, given that the instance would give a space to all of the existing potterheads out there.
Plus, most of the existing instances wouldn’t have to deal with HP/JK conversations and media, because all of the admin and whatnot of the various different instances could tell any users that try to please keep all HP/JK media to the Wizarding.World (or WizardingWorld.Lemmy, or whatever name the instance potentially ends up having).
Ie
Similar to how a Quarantine works.
Plus, it would help to bring in a ton of new users, to the Fediverse.
Go for it! I’m shocked at all the negitive comments and downvotes.
I’m not. I’m not a part of the fandom anymore and that had nothing to do with the author and everything to do with both other fans and growing away from something I grew up with as a kid.
Everytime I actually hear anything about something HP related it’s always people urging fans not to partake of the thing. That’s how I found out about the game. It’s how I found out about the new show. It’s a miracle that it’s not how I found out about this post.
I feel like the controversy surrounding the brand is keeping it afloat in a lot of ways. Because if you so much as mention the franchise people come out of the woodwork to accuse you of being a terrible person.
At my age you start to realize that there’s perilously little media content that’s not connected to a company or entity that’s terrible in some way. About the best you can do is try to avoid things you know are harmful, but even then that only goes so far. Try asking someone why they don’t boycott Disney or Lego or whatever if they don’t support the TERF Queen. I guarantee that you’ll get at least a few who don’t care how much she makes from residuals through those companies.