It reminds me a little of the old internet. I like how relatively small it feels, and that people post content for the sake of the content, not to promote themselves. I haven’t found my usual corners yet, the ones I used to hang out in on older platforms, but I figure that’s just a matter of time. I’m not super nostalgic for the old internet or anything, but it’s nice to find at least a hint of something human-centered somewhere.

I hope it doesn’t fall apart and that it keeps growing.

I was skeptical when I switched to Linux, but then I ditched Windows on my dual boot for good. It was a hugely positive experience, and it really felt like freedom. I’m hoping this will be the same.

And don’t be mad at me if I act totally clueless here sometimes 'cause all that is new to me.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 23 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

What are your usual corners?

[–] dawidl@lemmy.world 23 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

Niche communities built around specific interests, from chess variants to linguistics projects like constructed languages. And occasionally something else, like a niche heavy music genre or something along those lines.

But I'm pretty burned out on Reddit, especially the way things are run over there

[–] MxRemy@piefed.social 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

There's an entire Mastodon instance devoted to linguistics at Polyglot City, and a Toki Pona PeerTube instance at seka pona la! Lemmy is only partially interoperable with most of the other Fediverse platforms, since their focuses are just so different. However, there's definitely a few ways to interact with them from here I think.

Also right here we've got communities for:

And actually lots more, this is just a sample.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 16 points 12 hours ago

There used to be a fairly active linguistics community here, but the science-themed instance it was hosted on went dark over a month ago. Hopefully it comes back.

I can't imagine there's not a chess sub here, surely it's big enough?

Music wise there are some communities, maybe !obscuremusic@piefed.social fits the bill for now?

[–] MahouOwl@piefed.zip 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

linguistics projects like constructed languages

Are you making your own? I also have a slight interest in the idea of conlangs.

[–] FundMECFS@piefed.zip 1 points 4 hours ago

Same :)

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 4 points 11 hours ago

I remember seeing a toki pona community somewhere, but I'm not sure where it went.

[–] dust_accelerator@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Dark, wet and sticky

[–] dawidl@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

Well yep :)