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:

  1. The fandom/books are not the author
  2. 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
  3. In terms of potential users, this could be huge for the threadiverse
  4. We are in the Fediverse: defederation is always a possibility

Or was it just never tried before / no one wanted to yet?

  • kylie_kraft@lemmy.worldEnglish
    359·
    10 months ago

    1. fuck J.K. Rowling and anything to do with her.

    2. you want a Harry Potter themed instance? fucking make one.

    • grandel@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      I’ve obviously missed something here, but why the hatred towards Rowling?

  • DerisionConsulting@lemmy.caEnglish
    221·
    10 months ago

    People who are part of the Fediverse are generally progressive, which is why they are here to begin with instead of facebook/Xitter/reddit.
    People who are progressive generally don’t like people who don’t like trans people.

    This is just anecdotally, but it there seems to be much higher than average rate of trans persons on the fediverse.

  • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
    112·
    10 months ago

    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.

  • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldEnglish
    116·
    10 months ago

    Well, even if you ignore the author, the books are actually trash once you’re older than ~16 years (give or take a year or two). There are soooo many inconsistencies, that I could write like one full A4 page just from the top of my head (and I read it in 2007, so you bet I’ve forgotten most of it). I could write many more pages with some light Googling.

  • Mario_Dies.wav@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1510·
    10 months ago

    1. Your “separate the author from the works” is your opinion

    2. Even if we do separate them, the works themselves are brimful of problematic tropes and stereotypes

    3. I don’t want Harry Potter fans coming here, good god. I’d rather sound with a habanero-infused DS stylus than hang out with Harry Potter fans.

  • Knitwear@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    10 months ago

    “separate creator from the art” only works when the creator has passed and no longer benefits from celebrating the art. Arguably not even then.