Not trying to be mean, but … you’re making a post about redundancy because other people make posts about redundancy? :D
I’m trying to prevent a scenario that I see could happen: Lemmy stays stuck in its current state for a while, most of the users are leaving because the content is hard to get to, partially due to the number of redundant communities.
Lemmy’s userbase keeps focused on the usual 4 core topics: news, memes, tech, foss.
The userbase shrinks back to what it was before the Reddit API changes, hence under 5 thousands monthly active users, talking about this 4 core topics. Most of the enthusiasts go back to Reddit using Rrvanced apps or other tricks.
Aside from technical solutions, people can vote with their feet.
They can, but I’m always afraid they leave Lemmy altogether rather than just a few communities.