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[Meta] The elephant in the room
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this post was submitted on 31 May 2025
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On Reddit, the Joe Rogan subreddit organically developed into a forum for trashing Joe Rogan. I think it's embarrassing that the most popular JK Rowling community on the Fediverse isn't dedicated to exclusively reporting on her quest to dehumanize and erase trans people.
There are plenty of places where discussion of her abhorrent views are either suppressed, or allowed to exist alongside fun memes about the work that funds her vendetta against women. If there is any uplifting moral message contained in those books, then the primary community for Harry Potter on the Fediverse should exist to lead a revolt against the author.
June is Pride month, and Rowling has announced her intention to use her fortune to escalate attacks on trans people. I'm surprised there are people who think we should be discussing anything else here but that. I know people love sharing uplifting HP memes, maybe a separate community can be created for that purpose. We could call it !slytherinmemes or !umbridgesoffice to highlight how evil it is to continue to fund her work, or !jkrownlingisatransphobe or !jkrowlingisabigot to play on the ironic meme common in community namespaces like /r/marijuanaenthusiasts being about arboriculture while /r/trees is about marijuana.
This is not the "most popular JK Rowling community on the Fediverse". For one it is not about that woman, and for the other the amount of subscribers to this community is ridiculously low.
It is the most active, has the most active subscribers, has an active mod. It's also the only one considering suppressing news about how increasing the cultural value of Harry Potter is funding hate.
All news articles about Rowling are posted all across Lemmy. It's not like people on here don't know what she is doing or what views she has. And discussion on her has way more engagement on these other Lemmy communities than in this one – because user engagement in here is not high in general. Even if this community would be shifted to only talk about her, that would not generate good discussions because there is not much engagement.
It is basically impossible to discuss anything about this fictional Harry Potter universe anywhere on Lemmy because it gets down voted into oblivion. Taking away this small corner of Lemmy that can be used for this is really not cool IMO.
Let people simply enjoy posting about childhood memories and pirating this new content while hating Rowling. Why is that so hard? For all means, create a new community exclusively focused on Rowling and trolling her. I'll support that. But this community here is not the right place for that. Because it derails the actual focus of the community.
i absolutely agree. for fuck's sake. 99% of potter communities are already jk rowling hate fests. you can't walk two feet without tripping over one. there's nothing stopping anyone from making an instance devoted to that. I'd support it.
can we just talk about the books we like in a peaceful environment? let us have like one place.
What are those?
[email protected] is closing
[email protected] and [email protected] are inactive.
There doesn't seem to be any other active community besides the one we're in: https://lemmyverse.net/communities?query=harrypotter
not on lemmy. i meant in a more broad term.
On Reddit, there's no mention of JKR: https://old.reddit.com/r/harrypotter/
Memes on [email protected] would regularly hit 300 upvotes, so I'm not sure if this is the case.
Does it still make sense to hate Rowling while talking about the upcoming show, and thus giving it visibility? Even pirating content still gives you emotional attachment to a universe, and you might be tempted to get related products, be it Lego, visits to the Universal park, London studios, or a scarf for Christmas, all of which would support JKR.
I'm split myself, I was a regular poster on [email protected], but JKR latest actions really make me question what to do now.
All of Lemmy doesn't need to constantly hear about JK Rowling and her evil. People who are supporting her directly need to know.
It sounds like you feel you're the victim because you're concerned you won't be able to enjoy Harry Potter on Lemmy without being reminded that your enjoyment is ruining the lives of others. Would you say that's accurate?
What is the actual focus of the community? I've already suggested creating another community that explicitly acknowledges how bad JK Rowling is, and posting memes there. So it sounds like you're saying the actual focus of the community is enjoying Harry Potter along with people who explicitly support JK Rowling's ongoing campaign to harm trans people, while censoring people who support human rights. Why can't you enjoy Harry Potter memes in an alternate community called !jkisabigot or something similar?
You came in here claiming that this community does not acknowledge how bad JK Rowling is or censors it. That is a claim you made without any evidence to back it up.
I'm not a mod here, I'm just subscribed to this community and post every now and then. It is not my decision how the mod(s) should handle this. All I want is not having to say literally every time I post anything "yes Rowling is bad". I know she is bad. It goes without saying. constantly asking people to distance themselves from evil is absolutely unnecessary when that has already happened over and over again.
Maybe the community should display this better. But it is not my responsibility. That is what the mods need to decide.
My so-called "enjoyment" of so-called "Harry Potter" is not ruining anyone's life. Or would you say that suggesting this just shows that you are a hateful person, is that accurate?
Hello,
Mod here. We are looking for community feedback on this topic, so feel free to suggest ideas.
We're mods, but we also don't want to take decisions alone, hence this post.
Likewise.
It seems like there are multiple community members who are interested in discussing Harry Potter in a space separate from the views of the author.
Thoughts on trialling a community split of Harry Potter and JK Rowling posts? We could try it for a few weeks/month, and reassess at a later date.
Community fragmentation is always a risk in the fediverse, but I think this may be a case where separate communities are warranted.
Just sent you a DM to switch to Matrix, it might be easier to discuss this topic
i would like to put forth a rule that those kinds of posts be done elsewhere and not in this instance. I'm not saying they're invalid, but I came here to get away from all that and check out some memes.
most of us just want a quiet place to talk about a book series we love.