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A Request to the Fediverse Community (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 weeks ago by rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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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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[-] plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think 90% of my posts are deleted before sending because I just know that someone somewhere will find a way to be mad about it

But OK - here is a post that I would usually have deleted :)

[-] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 weeks ago

As Someone Somewhere, I urge you to post more.

[-] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

I cannot believe this account is two years old and not made just for this comment haha.

[-] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oh, I've had the name for a lot longer than that.

[-] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

I bow down to your sense of comedic timing

[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

I've also been posting less after managing to upset someone. We can have a club. The shy posters club.

[-] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

You're not shy, you're just a normally adjusted human.

It's normal to want to avoid being abused and insulted for, say, having an opinion which is marginally different to the in-group consensus. But unfortunately that's what happens when we post on text-based social media. Apparently the medium does something to people's minds, turning them into nasty vindictive unpleasant versions of themselves.

I'm a pretty self-confident person in real life and even I think twice about posting anything here that contradicts the prevailing groupthink. The inevitable insults and abuse and mockery are sometimes just not worth it.

[-] rosahaj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Personally, I have hope that if a larger variety of people are posting and commenting (typical lurkers and such) then hopefully the echo chamber aggression will weaken a little, and hopefully foster a positive and friendly community. I'm trying to lead by example :)

this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2025
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