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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[–] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 19 hours ago (2 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 19 hours 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

[–] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 19 hours ago

I think I just might!

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Hello,

Feel free to join !casualconversation@lemm.ee !

A set of relaxed communities: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/20504960

[–] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

just hopped into a few, thanks for the recommendations!

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 2 points 18 hours ago

Happy to help!

[–] Oofnik@kbin.earth 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 20 hours ago

glad to hear it Oofnik!

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 6 points 19 hours 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.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

Hear, hear!

[–] Fizz 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

What is peoples opinions on reposting. Sometimes i see a cool video from a creator i like and i want to repost it to loops but i feel like im stealing and reuploading their work. I think reposting to lemmy is fine since its a link aggregation site first.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 3 points 19 hours ago

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

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