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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[–] Sundiata@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

any youtube alternatives in the fediverse? I know about peertube.

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[–] Elrecoal19_0@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I'm trying to change Reddit by Lemmy, and I'm moving out of Instagram, since I made it just to connect with friends (so I still have to ask some friends for contact info outside Reddit and Instagram so I can quit for good)

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm ADHDing as hard as I can already bro

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[–] bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Already done😎

[–] Ekpu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month 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.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or just any FOSS & Decentralized platforms in general

Actually this Odysee post explains what I want to say about stregthening Alternative platforms

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[–] Purple_drink@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I agree. And I cant rightfully feel that way and not contribute more so here's to turning a new leaf

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

Hello

[–] maub@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

There's this thing called "Global Switch Day" that I'd like people to talk more about. It does not seem to be anything official, but I like to think that anything potentially bringing more people to the Fediverse deserves a bit of support. Also I've just done a small write-up on the things that might keep people from joining and/or staying with the Fediverse. I did the most 90s thing imaginable and posted it on my personal blog.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

If anyone can help, what's the "shit just works" pixelfed version? I joined the biggest one but don't want to give one instance too much power.
I tried to join the 5th or 6th largest but the buttons to sign up wouldn't work :(

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