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I think people may have just immediately jumped to thinking about it as pseudoscience like sunning your balls or Reddit's NoFap where people had a habit of exaggerating the effects.
I wouldn't sweat a few downvotes though. It's a niche topic and maybe the right people just haven't found it yet. It may just take time for your community to grow
That makes sense lol. Thank you for your insight! I appreciate it.
Sorry that happened, but I have to assume this isn’t the first time you’ve been ostracized for it, right? Lemmy is just another group of people, same as everywhere.
Thank you. Well, it's not something I generally talk about in person (although I know it's likely seen as strange to most), but on Reddit there was enough of a following that there was not much ostracism, so this is a first for me. I was curious if the Lemmy reaction is more representative of the average person's thoughts on the topic.
Just thinking out loud. Thanks for your reply!
If the influx continues, various personal interests like this will find a home — give it time!
Sounds good, thanks so much!
To expand on what the other person said, the whole thing that makes Reddit what it is is that there are millions of people there, so you can find small interest groups that share your niche and reach out to them. There aren't that many people here yet.
That, and the other bit where I think people just assumed you're from nofap, and nobody is eager to see that side of Reddit return. It looks to me more like you're into a very specific asceticism thing with an unfortunate crossover, but the similarities mean you're swimming upstream.
I see. That makes sense. Thanks for your perspective!