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Community dedicated to the world of Harry Potter.

Mostly focused on books and fan creations, movie content is accepted but should not overwhelm the community.

Discussions about JKR are allowed.

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[Meta] The elephant in the room (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/harrypotter@literature.cafe

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What are our thoughts regarding posts focusing on (potentially unsavoury) views held by the author of the series?

Is !harrypotter@literature.cafe community a good place to discuss them, or should we hold such discussions elsewhere?

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[–] Five@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Five@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Nima@leminal.space 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Blaze@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

. 99% of potter communities are already jk rowling hate fests.

What are those?

!leaky_cauldron@diagonlemmy.social is closing

!harrypotter@lemmy.world and !harrypotter@lemm.ee are inactive.

There doesn't seem to be any other active community besides the one we're in: https://lemmyverse.net/communities?query=harrypotter

[–] Blaze@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We could maybe have a pinned post similar to this one? https://old.reddit.com/r/HarryPotterMemes/comments/10vk5e8/trans_wizards_are_wizards_this_is_not_the_place/

It used to be pinned over there, but I guess defending trans rights isn't trendy on Reddit nowadays

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A pinned post is a possible option. Would a pinned post accomplish anything that a paragraph in the sidebar would not? I've had federation issues with pinned posts unpinning themselves on remote instances, whereas sidebars seem to federate more consistently.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A pinned post making the official stance clear similar to the reddit one should definitely exist imo – no matter what else is decided.

[–] Blaze@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago

Still shocking that they unpinned it on Reddit, during Pride Month on top of that. Classic modern Reddit move I guess.