Some thoughts from this Loops user on why the Fediverse matters. I’ve seen some people push back on the idea of “It’s like email, but for X”, but that way of explaining it really makes sense to me.

I agree with the thesis that centralization is bad. Centralization breeds concentration of power, and power corrupts, or something like that

Tags are coming soon, which I think would be equivalent:

https://lemmy.ml/post/24645977

In general, I think communities shouldn’t splinter until there’s a need. IMO both efforts should just use !fedigrow@lemm.ee, and title posts in a way that makes the distinction clear. They’re both about growing the Fediverse in the end. If and when it becomes too much to keep in the same comm, then you’d split it up. That’s just my opinion as an internet rando though 🤷

I’m not saying that leaving an instance unblocked means you’re in favor of them, to be clear. My response was only addressing the issue of achieving a “normie” experience.

Kind of a silly question, but asked honestly: How much do you think the name “communick” matters when trying to convince “normies” to try it out? Would they see that, read it as a play on “Communist”, and assume it’s only for extremists or whatever?

At a minimum, you’d want to find an instance that blocks lemmygrad.ml and hexbear.net. lemmy.world already blocks both of those though. The next instance you’d probably want to block is lemmy.ml, which not many other instances do. beehaw.org does, but also blocks lemmy.world, which cuts out a lot of the threadiverse.

If you felt like it, you could explain how to do instance blocking on your user profile. That might be too much for people that don’t really care either way and just want stuff to work, though.

@Blaze@feddit.org might also have opinions on this, having spent a lot of time over on Reddit convincing people to try out Lemmy

I have standing orders to invade the Hague if ever tried there

There’s a sudden influx of users from instagram and tiktok and whatnot because of the ban, zuckerberg fellating Trump, and all of that stuff going on. So the answer to “What’s getting posted?” is “everything”

In case anyone’s still checking here for recommendations, here’s a few more reasonably active communities:

• !loops@midwest.social: fun or interesting loops (i.e. TikTok/Reels/etc but better)
• !moomin@sopuli.xyz: Come see the cute characters created by Tove Jansson
• !internetisawesome@sh.itjust.works: celebrating fun and cool sites across the web
• !insanepeoplefacebook@lemmy.world: when you want to feel well-adjusted and normal, look at crazy people’s social media posts
• !cyanideandhappiness@lemm.ee: for the webcomic Cyanide & Happiness
• !thefarside@sh.itjust.works: for the comic The Far Side that we all know and love
• !curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works: the best that tumblr has to offer
• !cartographyanarchy@lemm.ee: for cartographers with nothing left to lose
• !calculators@midwest.social: for nerding out about those handy devices
• !mealtimevideos@lemmy.cafe: Not too short, not too long. Videos to last through your meal.
• !xkcd@lemmy.world: A community for a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language
• !artporn@lemm.ee: Look at some nice classic art
• !twosentencehorror@sh.itjust.works: Read the title, then read the twist
• !ancientinternet@lemmy.world: Memes from the days of yore
• !stable_diffusion_art@lemmy.dbzer0.com: See cool art created by AI
• !shortstories@literature.cafe: Cozy corner for short stories
• !science_memes@mander.xyz: A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab
• !sillynsfwart@lemmynsfw.com: Because sometimes lewd and funny go hand in hand

Signal has a lot of overlap there. They’ve got disappearing messages and Stories

Source hasn’t been released, but the dev has said it will be and there’s no reason to doubt that IMO. Same dev as pixelfed which is open source and federated

Looks like it’s still a load thing:

https://mastodon.social/@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online/113840500857115930

Pretty impressive you’re running it on a pi, even with how nice the 5 is 👍

Are you running all of the services at grey.fail on the same pi?

How big of servers are you using? Is the load just from syncing with pixelfed.social?

Pinging @jgrim@discuss.online since you run social.photo as a sister site to discuss.online