What's your favorite community on Lemmy that has no equivalent elsewhere?

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Gotta be !imageai@sh.itjust.works. The weekly community challenges are really cool and I don't think you could find a better space to experiment with and learn about AI artwork. The userbase is knowledgeable/skilled on the topic and also has good vibes.
- Personally I don't see that as a good thing. Reddit had a thriving community of active art sharing subrrddits, Lemmy only has a few barely active art coms and instead floods All with ai-generated images.
  
  A) just block the community
  B) Lemmy also has active !traditional_art@lemmy.world communities, it just has less activity in general. We can have an infinite amount of communities on this platform, for both topics. It's not a zero-sum game
  Why do you think the existence of the AI image community is hurting the other art communities on Lemmy? I'm subscribed to and enjoy content from both.
  
  It's not a zero sum game, but there are not an infinite number of eyeballs looking nor is there an infinite supply of content at any given time. If the majority of "art" floating to the top is generated, it will change how people view the platform.
  Maybe the AI "art" community being the first to thrive will mean actual artists get a bad first impression and avoid Lemmy. Maybe people do block it and it becomes a problem only visible to those who don't already "get it" and just block.
  There are many reasons why it could hurt the community. How do you fail to understand that?
  
  I never said there aren't any reasons it could hurt the community. I simply asked what those reasons might be, and you have given me an answer to my question.
  My counterpoint would be that it's also possible that the increased activity from the AI art community energizes and grows Lemmy as a whole, and some of those users are also interested in other art.
  I think that your beef is with AI art as a concept, not with the Lemmy community in particular. I feel terrible for artists that are losing their livelihood due to AI, but if AI is going to affect my life going forward, I would like to understand how it works and how to deal with it. Observing that Lemmy community has helped to clarify the capabilities and limitations of AI for me personally, along with providing entertainment.
  TLDR verifiable pros > hypothetical cons
  
  AI "art" is for Borgs
  
  Automation will steal our jobs!!
  /s
  
  I feel that. There's is a lot of ai art here and it's a little off putting. Reddit did have a lot more to share but it comes with the user numbers for sure.
  Shameless plug, but I've been really trying to keep up with daily posts at https://lemmy.world/c/crtart if you are looking for a non ai art community.
  
  !crtart@lemmy.world
  @crtart@lemmy.world (for kbin)
  
  Thanks for the fix!
  
  I agree, it's one of the things I dislike about the fediverse (I'm on Kbin)
- Aw, thank you!
  That’s so nice to hear :)
  
  You're a good egg. Our server is lucky to have you
- Huh didn't expect a community I (used to be) am active on.

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