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Hi, New here! (lemmus.org)
submitted 7 months ago by Sunfish@lemmus.org to c/diy@lemmy.world

Hi there, I’m new here. We were told to explore Lemmy for a class project on online communities. Is this a good place to start asking questions?

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[-] Reygle@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

For real? That's.. odd. The internet's a very edgy place. What sort of class/grade recommended?

[-] Sunfish@lemmus.org 6 points 7 months ago

It’s for a college writing class, we’re exploring privacy, or lack there of, in online communities. The assignment is to join a community of our choice on lemmy because of its anonymity and explore digital identity. While at the same time we’re reading the novel 1984 and connecting it to modern day privacy concerns.

[-] Reygle@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

A college course reading Orwell? That's rad. I'm a tin foil hat type of person and I've gotta say, attaching to the internet alone is already pretty heinous. Even your ISP is monitoring your DNS requests, selling the info, keeping records, etc- all before a person so much as logs in to a website/platform.

IMO the hellscape of 1984 is nothing compared to what's going on in the real world.

[-] lettruthout@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

…and what sort of questions?

[-] j4k3@piefed.world 5 points 7 months ago

Welcome Sunfish! Are you studying Sociology?

A better place to post general questions is here: https://lemmus.org/c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] blarghly@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

You've found /c/DIY , which is about, like, fixing your garbage disposal. So if you want to talk about remodelling a house, then yes, you are in the right place. For general questions, though, you should probably look for a different community.

[-] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

You might also consider !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world for general questions

[-] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works -2 points 7 months ago
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