With the recent happenings in the United States, the dangers of the privately owned Internet is more apparent than ever, and frankly, it's scary. And so I'd like to make a simple request to anyone who is reading this; Please use the Fediverse, just a little more.

I personally hate it when I'm stuck having to visit say, YouTube or Reddit to get information, or to entertain myself in quiet moments, and if you're reading this, the likely chance is you're the same.

All I want to ask of you is to just comment a few more times, press send on that post that you felt wasn't of enough substance to be worth anyone's time. We have such a small community compared to everywhere else, but what we do have in common is that, in the grand scheme of things, we are the early adopters. And if we take that to heart and make this space a little bigger, maybe it will be just big enough we won't have to visit walled gardens so often.

Thank you :)

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[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I already use fediverse an unhealthy amount, if I do more I might die.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

you aren't social mediaing right unless it makes you bleed

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[–] Ekpu@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Not using other social media annymore. Lemmy was my first introduction to the fediverse. Now I am also using Mastodon and experiment with a hubzilla hub on my homeserver.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe in the coming 4 years people will finally understand why handing over everything to corps isn't great. Whether they'll do anything with that understanding is questionable though. The amount of "but it's so easy" and "I'm just one person" doomerism is fantastic.

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[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 65 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 18 hours ago

Unexpected !dundermifflin@lemm.ee

[–] pedroapero@lemmy.ml 7 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I don't think advertising here is necessary 😉

[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 3 points 9 hours ago

They posted the same on reddit. It's an open letter to humans.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 hours ago

It's not saying "everyone come to lemmy" it's saying "everyone post more an reinvigorate communities".

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 12 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (3 children)

Since all this shit started happening I've deleted all the social media apps on my phone and I've started using lemmy more. Gonna switch my YouTube shit over to peertube when I can.

Intending to actually delete my accounts in the coming weeks too. Bye bye, 13 year old reddit account. Nobody gonna miss ya.

Tbf I have been using Nebula a lot since I signed up pretty cheaply and I enjoy it. It's owned by the creators. Found it through Jacob Geller.

[–] Naia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

YouTube is a bit of an issue as unlike the others there's a lot of content and information you can't get elsewhere.

I've been considering using a proxy to scrape and download subscriptions and add them to a personal server. Probably not practical to do for everything though with how much space that would be.

At the very least see if there's a wrapper that can strip out a lot of content and just show the stuff I want to watch VS all the nonsense they fire at you.

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[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Bye bye, 13 year old reddit account.

don't forget to delete your comments there!

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

I mean if the account is deleted it's no longer tied (to the puboic at least), and I'm not about to fool myself into thinking my internet use is actually secure.

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[–] plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org 126 points 21 hours ago (14 children)

I think 90% of my posts are deleted before sending because I just know that someone somewhere will find a way to be mad about it

But OK - here is a post that I would usually have deleted :)

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

The trick, plumbercraic, is not minding that they will be mad.

[–] moodymellodrone@sopuli.xyz 6 points 13 hours ago

Over the years I've learned it's ok to ignore if it seems like someone wants to pick a fight. Not everything has to be a debate, and no it doesn't make you look weak. You just got better shit to do than argue with strangers on the internet. :)

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 68 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

As Someone Somewhere, I urge you to post more.

[–] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I cannot believe this account is two years old and not made just for this comment haha.

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[–] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 31 points 21 hours ago

OMG really? How COULD you...

Neglect to offer your valuable opinion. Hey, you're a human and have valuable things to say. Haters gon hate. Fuck 'em.

[–] VubDapple@lemmy.world 21 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I've also been posting less after managing to upset someone. We can have a club. The shy posters club.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago (7 children)

You're not shy, you're just a normally adjusted human.

It's normal to want to avoid being abused and insulted for, say, having an opinion which is marginally different to the in-group consensus. But unfortunately that's what happens when we post on text-based social media. Apparently the medium does something to people's minds, turning them into nasty vindictive unpleasant versions of themselves.

I'm a pretty self-confident person in real life and even I think twice about posting anything here that contradicts the prevailing groupthink. The inevitable insults and abuse and mockery are sometimes just not worth it.

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[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I've taken on the mantra of "Participate, but be respectful." That's led me to post a few times where I normally wouldn't.

Realize that there is nothing wrong with pissing someone off because they disagree with you. It's only wrong if you pissed them off because of how you said it, or if you are closed minded about being proven wrong.

And in the real world, a down vote doesn't matter.

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[–] moakley@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

Ok. I'll start commenting more literally right now.

[–] frankspurplewings@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Is there a list or links somewhere of the defederated basic site replacements?

Like I know about Lemmy (replacement for reddit), Loops (replacement for ticktock/reels), and pixelfed (replacement for insta). Oh and I switched from Spotify to tidal. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Is there a YouTube replacement? Thats really the next big media channel I use daily..

Thanks Lemmy friends 💜

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 7 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

This is a good place to start: https://fedidb.org/software/

I like the idea of PeerTube and hope it catches on, but I wouldn't call it a YouTube replacement at this point. There are services that feed youtube content to users remotely though (there is/was a link-converter bot that went around that annoyed some people here, but a) can't remember the name, and b) can't remember the actual software involved).

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 13 hours ago

Piped bot I believe it was called?

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[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 51 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

2025 year of the fediverse???

Jokes aside, i completely agree. Meta and Xitter completely shot themselves in the foot (lol) and pixelfed is gaining mainstream attention, and the new year just started!

I predict we'll gain a massive influx of new users next year, due to the kindness of Zucc and Muskrat 😊

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[–] MentorKitten@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of times I'll write out a comment and end up deleting it. Most times it's because I feel like it's something that's already been said or not worth reading but I'll try to be less of a lurker.

[–] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I'm in the exact same boat. But I kind of realized, if I want to see a bigger fediverse, I'll have to help build it up. As the classic saying goes, you can lead a horse to water; but first there's gotta be water. So thank you for taking up the cause of building this lake :)

actually i don't think that's the saying

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[–] serfraser@sopuli.xyz 18 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

I'm back after a year away. My two favourite niche interests (wrestling & fantasy books) still don't have hugely active communities but I'll start pitching in again with some lukewarm takes.

[–] frankspurplewings@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

What fantasy book community is it? I've been looking for one and haven't found one yet

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Probably !fantasy@lemmy.ml

Not the most active, but didn't find anything better

[–] serfraser@sopuli.xyz 4 points 14 hours ago

That's the one

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 10 points 19 hours ago

!squaredcircle@lemmy.zip seems quite active !

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 30 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

All I want to ask of you is to just comment a few more times, ...

I think I'm fully maxxed out.

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 26 points 21 hours ago (9 children)

God bless you 🫡

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[–] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 26 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Small instance owner here. All are welcome. We have one really busy community here, and a few others that are just getting going that you might find interesting. You like World of Warships? The Last of Us? St. Louis Battlehawks? Abandoned Buildings?

You'll notice some of these communities are a ghost town. Images are broken and there's a rat eating pizza. So step up. Avoid the large, overwhelmed, weirdly-political instances and give us little guys a chance.

I'll begin by introducing myself. Hi! I am oleorun, named after the recently deceased Bob Uecker's Baseball Hall of Fame speech. My instance, https://real.lemmy.fan/, is known for the !weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan community, but we have more to offer. !aviation@real.lemmy.fan , a college radio station, !wsup@real.lemmy.fan , and more communities waiting to be joined, and built, and best of all there's no ads, no donation requests, just pure love of a federated instance that thrives on niceness.

I'd be real happy for you to join us.

oleorun@real.lemmy.fan

Edit: Typos

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[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

wish I could upvote this a thousand times

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[–] youngbullhowling@lemm.ee 5 points 16 hours ago

I’ve started explaining this to non-techies. Hopefully starting to gain a little traction as the meta/ticktock machine becomes more and more egregious. Also this is speeding up the homelab I’m building.

I’d add the appropriate meme but I’m new here.

I’m doing my part .gif

[–] TheGhostHybrid@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Y’know what, here I am! This is such a genuine request.

Thank you, friend! This post may very well be the tipping point for many Lemmings/Fediversers, myself included.

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[–] wahfflez@lemmy.world 19 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

lurk no longer

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[–] Sepix@feddit.org 16 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I am SO thankful that there are so many people out there working on projects such as this! I gained lots of momentum in the past weeks protecting my privacy and taking digital matters back in my own hands, i wouldn't have come so far if it wheren't for all the other people who have been doing this for years! Thanks everyone :)

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