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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[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I did start a community for 3d (3dee), dropshipping (dropshipping lol), and chairs (deskchairs) since those were some communities I used on reddit that I didn't see here. Made a general one for 3d since its still small here and spreading the programs out means less visibility and posts on each community imo. Haven't posted yet and neither has anyone else tho.

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[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (6 children)

What iphone apps do yall use? Rnow I'm using loops for the tiktokclond (hoping more creators join and post there) and mlem for lemmy (liking it more than voyager, arctic seems cleaner but I got used to this interface). Does anyone have a good mastadon app they reccomend? I'm using bluesky since getting an okay feed was easier there, not sure if thats the apps fault. I do like an algorithim just not one based on controversy.

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[–] slym@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m in, lets this be my late new year resolution

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[–] Cake@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I am trying to. I just found about lemmy today.

Can someone recommend me some other stuff?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Recommend Lemmy communities, or other Fediverse alternatives (like Mastodon as a replacement for Twitter, the same way Lemmy replaces Reddit)?

[–] Cake@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yes and I don't mind you can mention other Fediverse alternatives

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I run a few history communities myself

!historyartifacts@lemmy.world to share or admire pieces of the past - swords, armor, jewelry, or pieces of everyday life

!historyporn@lemmy.world for photographs of the past (or film)

!historyillustrations@lemmy.world for drawings and the sort of the past

!historyruins@lemmy.world for photos of old ruins, if you enjoy seeing such things

And a few history meme communities with them

!historymemes@lemmy.world for memes about history of all sorts, no restrictions!

!roughromanmemes@lemmy.world for memes about the GLORIOUS ROMAN EMPIRE

!shermanposting@lemmy.world for posts about the US Civil War and how slaver scum deserved their defeat

More generally, there's:

!adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com for memes about ADHD and related disorders. A lot of comorbidity there.

!animearmor@lemm.ee for anime pics of cool weapons and armor

!askhistorians@lemmy.world if you have any questions on random bits of history you've been wondering about

!baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world for the ever-popular video game Baldur's Gate 3

!dogs@lemmy.world for pics of your own dogs or random dogs you've found online. Precious creatures!

!cat@lemmy.world for the same, but for cats

!forgottenweapons@lemmy.world if you like old or obscure firearms

!lotrmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com for Lord of the Rings memes

!lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world if you want some wholesome posts to take your mind off things or brighten your day.

!militarymoe@ani.social if you like anime girls in uniform

!noncredibledefense@lemmy.world or !noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works for tongue-in-cheek militaria shitposting

!soulslike@lemmy.zip for talk about Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Elden Ring, etc

!wlw_memes@lemmy.world for memes by/about/for girls who love girls

!rpgmemes@ttrpg.network for memes about tabletop RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons

!memes@lemmy.world or !memes@sopuli.xyz for memes in general (not much difference between the communities, just whichever you prefer - or both)

!grimdank@lemmy.world for Warhammer/40K memes or memes about similar tabletop games

!196@lemmy.world for random posts that don't go anywhere else. Just put 'rule' in the title - as the 'rule' is that you must post before you leave!

[–] imaqtpie@midwest.social 5 points 1 day ago

Nice list

[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (5 children)

There's Mastodon for your microblogging. There's Pixelfed for posting pictures kind of like Instagram. Loops for videos like TikTok. There's many others as well, but this should be a good start.

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[–] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

Despite my seniority around these parts (first started an interest in lemmy around 2022) I'm not too tied into the community around here. I'd reccomend just subscribing to some interesting large communities, communities around your interests and whatever community would be best for whatever pops into your mind! If you'd like, feel free to message me and we can throw around ideas of what could be right for you!

[–] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Just wanted to pop in and say, I am so glad so many of you are taking this to heart! I am sitting here with a genuine smile on my face, which for reference NEVER happens. Thank you everyone!

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Make a nice poster that encourages people to not just lurk, or dig one up if there's an old post. Post it weekly in !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

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[–] Oofnik@kbin.earth 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I got you rosahaj! I'll try to be better this year!

[–] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

glad to hear it Oofnik!

[–] truxnell@infosec.pub 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

On one hand yeah! But on the other, I'm not fully sure we want the Reddit chain of comments that add nothing to the conversation?

[–] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You aren't entirely wrong, but I feel it could help build an appearance of high activity, which would help attract people. Also; many people wish to contribute but stifle the words before they can come out of their mouth, and I'm hoping a post like this could be the push they needed.

[–] truxnell@infosec.pub 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's a fair call, I think I'll push send more often from now on!

Honestly half the reason I don't post these days is more not wanting to feed LLMs/dox myself further, but that's a whole other can of worms

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

100%! Been doing it for a year.

Also, I find a nice way to fill my feed is to liberally subscribe to communities on Lemmy. I'm currently subscribed to 133. I set my feed to Subscribed+Scaled and that works incredibly well to show me what I care about. Then when I get bored, I flip to All+TopDay to get what I missed that day.

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[–] KeefChief13@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Hello

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 6 points 1 day ago

press send on that post that you felt wasn't of enough substance to be worth anyone's time.

I feel like you vastly underestimate the amount of subpar shitposts I'm capable of composing (and then thinking better of) in a given day.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

But can we still be scenical? Since social media doesn't fulfill a need perse, I was thinking maybe my scenical comments with misspelled words at wrongly advised times would help. It helps me relieve work related stress. Is that how you spell scenical? Scenical, when you cause a scene. No I mean Cynical! Yeah that one!

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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Hear, hear!

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