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:
- The fandom/books are not the author
- 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
- In terms of potential users, this could be huge for the threadiverse
- We are in the Fediverse: defederation is always a possibility
Or was it just never tried before / no one wanted to yet?
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.
Just let OP have their dream.
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Why does it have to be a whole instance? Why not just create a community for it and start posting content you find interesting?
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.
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 https://metacritics.zone. @blue_berry@lemmy.world, would you be interested in that? I can make you mod if you want.
Waiting for a conflict to arise just leaves you with a fractured community in the aftermath.
To put in concrete terms: I wouldn’t have any problem to create a HP community on a topic-specific instance like https://metacritics.zone. @blue_berry@lemmy.world, would you be interested in that? I can make you mod if you want.
Keep it easy, I think a community such as !harrypotter@literature.cafe is more than sufficient for now
“separate creator from the art” only works when the creator has passed and no longer benefits from celebrating the art. Arguably not even then.
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.
