@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.

Especially with the series on its way, we should learn not to monetarily support people that are a bad force towards humanity as a whole. And as a part of that, that universe, while fantastic, should be transferred to a chapter in history books.

How would we be monetarily support them?

Eh, I think a community or communities is enough for those interested. Not sure that there's a ton of people on Lemmy clamoring for an entire instance devoted to anything JKR related but you never know.

Harry Potter is only going to become more popular.

ESPECIALLY with the series, on the way.

Maybe wait to see if it actually makes it past 1-2 seasons. There's a lot of press about them planning to do like 7 seasons or whatever but I can guarantee they'll stop dumping money into producing future seasons if they feel the series isn't doing well enough.

Personally haven't thought about watching the series, forgot it was a thing until your post.

I'll speak as an instance owner who runs a niche community for people who on Lemmy are definitely not in the major opinion.

You are never going to get the admin power needed to let your community grow on a public instance. People downvote at even the mention of Harry Potter. It doesn't matter what the topic is, people are reactionary. There are also people who I've dubbed "downvote trolls" who will go our of their way to make sure to downvote every post your community has, seemingly to try and kill it. Being an admin of your instance gives you more power to find the trolls and permaban them.

That all being said, it is A LOT more work to evangelize your community. It will be hard to find, and harder to get traction. There is also risk hosting your own instance, because you are personally on the line if someone posts shit to it.

So, good and bad. Feel free to dm me for more thoughts.

@threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works