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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[–] Cake@lemmy.zip 8 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

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

Can someone recommend me some other stuff?

[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 12 hours ago (1 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.

[–] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

is Loops out now? I was wondering when that'd come around.

[–] TisI@reddthat.com 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It's been out for a while. And to quote Blaze

!loops@midwest.social could definitely benefit from some nice reposts!

There's only one person posting there, I think it's the mod. I'm sure they'd appreciate some support.

[–] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Never got very into short-form content, but I'll give it some consideration!

[–] TisI@reddthat.com 3 points 9 hours ago

Me neither, but when I'm scrolling some videos look interesting.

[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago

Apparently the official app was released out of beta recently if I'm not mistaken.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours 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 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours 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 10 hours ago

Nice list

[–] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 12 hours 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!