How do alone people find each other online? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I am not joking when I say that I thinked for hours about how do people find each other in 2025.

Currently, the world is in very weird state. People online are either using social video platforms or they are reading news or lurking in online forums in it's different shapes and forms.

Most chat platforms that I know had shut down and most alt social platforms are almost dead. Even Hackernews had started to see a lower amount of comments compared to previous years.

I want a serious answer, how should I find people online to talk to about anything really other than politics?

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[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Joining a book and 2 movie clubs was one of the best things I've done in recent years. The book club sadly fizzled cause people didn't have time, but we have a bi-weekly movie club where we pick complex, difficult movies and talk about their themes and such, and a monthly kung-fu movie night where we just hang out and watch silly movies, and they're the highlight of my online week.

[-] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Fable has book clubs, quite a lot of them. You might like to check them out

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Sorry, Fable? I'm not familiar with that.

[-] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

It’s a reading tracker and social book site. http://fable.co/

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Neat, I'll check that out, thanks!

Edit: Ugh, it looks like all of the book clubs that are tagged as 'sci-fi' are actually 'sci-fi/fantasy' (or sometimes sci-fi/fantasy/historical/romance, which makes no sense) which is not what I'm looking for. Do you happen to know of any that are pure sci-fi? Preferably ones that focus on big-idea sci-fi like Greg Egan or Peter Watts?

[-] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

not sure, sorry. You can always start your own :>

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Meh, fair enough.

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