I am using this sudden influx of newness to post more as well. Frankly I have nothing but positive interactions so far. I get way more interaction in the fediverse than I ever did on any other platform. All that to say, that I just started responding to random people's posts. Everyone has been friendly.
I feel the exact same way. So far I’ve had success responding to posts that are just asking questions that are relevant to me like this one. I’m hoping eventually that’ll lead to me making my own posts, but baby steps.
Hi I have a similar issue, I'm autistic and can tie myself in knots trying to work out the not-wrong way to interact, to the point where I just give up. So I don't really contribute much at all, however I'm trying to step out of my comfort zone on here and else where. I can also end up editing and re-editing my text so it may come across a bit formal/weird?
The reason why I'm responding to you is that your post resonates with me on a personal level, and I think what you comment is valuable and interesting and useful (not just to me, other quietly, internet lurkers may been here too)
Things are a bit new here for most of us, and I think that's a plus, there doesn't seem to be the pressure to post something 'hilarious'. A lot of posts don't have the enormous, and intimidating comments numbers to get lost in, so it's possible to have a little chat and be on your way
Thanks for being willing to share! I'm grateful for that insight, and to feel like I'm truly not alone. There are many of us anxious pups quietly here on the internet it seems haha. I agree, the newness and true need for good and engaging content makes it much easier to jump in and see what happens :)
What helps me is taking baby steps (i share as much as im comfortable and nothing more) and very low expecation, oh and is a huge benefit that the standards in Lemmy don't really exist so that's nice. I also sort by New, which helps me find new post with little to no comments where you can easily interact.
The scariness hasn't gone away for me but I think that's good , getting to comfy on the internet can be a bit dangerous and i mean we are all strangers here so you know , i jusr act accordingly to that.
Right now is encouraged to post , comment and participate as much as you can. A community and network is nothing without engagement from the participants , so i just feel like i am doing my part the best i can even if it isn't the best , at least is something.
As opposed to "read it on reddit" here is more "lemmy post" kind of attitude at the moment. Good luck :)
True, it's always important to not get too comfy here, that's just asking for trouble haha. Sorting by New is a great tip! And allowing myself baby steps, no shame no judgement. Love that.
I mostly lurked on Reddit as well. In the large communities, you could predict what the responses would be already and anything that wasn't tailored to what the hive wanted to hear would be buried. And why bother posting your journeyman-level knowledge of a topic when some expert in the field (real or imagined) was surely right behind you?
My advice - find a topic you care about, a hobby you have, and talk about it. Maybe you won't be the best comment on the thread. Who cares? This probably won't be the best reply you get either. If you helped one person out, even a little, wasn't it worth your time?
Love that attitude. And you're right, the large Reddit communities felt like there were so many voices that I couldn't really be bothered to give my "take" when there were already so many takes. So far the interactions here feel more authentic, which I appreciate.
I am a Firefox fan on desktop but I find Samsung's browser to have a better (and native) dark mode for all websites (on Android). I've tried extensions in Firefox but I find many websites render in weird ways so that's why I stick with the Samsung browser. But I appreciate your input and for now might share a specific article to Firefox so I can enable reader mode
It's an iterative process, going from messengers, to telegraph, to phones, etc. All in the pursuit of interconnectedness and information exchange. It's kind of hit it's peak with information exchange, being near instant. I can see virtual worlds being the next step (definitely why there's a push towards things like the Metaverse) to achieve even more interconnectedness. An environment where you can be whoever you want and look however you want has appeal. It's still too early for it to catch on with the masses, and also to know what the ramifications will be from people who will look to always be in that world.
Joke answer: Third Impact/Human Instrumentality Project
You put a thing in a scanner and the recipient gets a copy through some sort of 3d printing. Just the same shape from plastic at first, but as the technology matures eventually things from a wider and wider range of materials.
I know augmented reality is "one step behind" from a full virtual reality, but it drags the same issues with putting in front of your eyes things that move and glitch without your brain fully understanding why and what is happening.
I think accessibility is the next big step personally. When you have stuff like StarLink that will give you access basically anywhere in the world. That will be something.
From there I'm not sure what will be the next thing. AI is more of a buzz word than anything at the moment but it certainly is pretty cool to think about. I'd like to think that proper AI assistants will be next but there is a long way before that's a thing. We have enough trouble at the moment of having ai tell true from false at the moment.. (At least last I read)
Yeah whenever i interact with chatgpt i always keep in mind that I can't believe everything it says, especially if the topic is not that popular so it can't find much information. I would definitely love to be able to access internet everywhere without a problem, it would help so many people paying crazy amounts of money in bad areas.
I would concern yourself with whom is supplying that internet to everyone in the world first.
Think of how much Musk tried charging for digital blue check mark icons.
Until access to a new tool is a considered a basic human right access will always be primarily determined by income.
It’s the way it’s been and so far the main thing to change in the scenario is the tool.
Web3.0 is shaping up, so we are going to see it really soon. Personally, I think we will start seeing more applied AR, in which we will merge the physical world with the digital.
I was thinking about the same thing! When I made the post I had in my mind the new AR from Apple. In a few years things like that will be much smaller and probably be used like sunglasses, so this seems like an interesting path.
What we need for reddit to understand is a longer blackout than just 2 days. I hope many of the main subs will not reopen on Wednesday and that the moderators leave or stop doing their unpaid job. Then let's see what reddit has to say.
Yes but to who? Who is willing to do all this job to keep the platform away from far-right fucktards for free? Only reddit mod are this masochistic :-)
Reddit has employees. There are also plenty of people who think the outrage over this is silly and uncalled for. Sadly, those will be the people they hand things to.
Won't this require a major boost in staff size, thus reducing reducing even more the profits? And believe me if they hand over giants subs to randoms power hungry users reddit will go quickly to the hate and far right end.
There's also the safe harbour thing. If they are paying staff to moderate subs, they lose safe harbour, because the employees will be paid BY reddit to moderate, so they are responsible for what goes on. They won't do it.
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