A couple of my hobbies that I’ve seen barely getting started here… photography and mycology. There’s a lot to explore in both without getting wrapped up in religion or politics.
A collector of knowledge, I have jumped into a huge number of hobbies over the years to learn how things are done. I am a computer tech by trade, LGBTQ+, and refuse to ever grow up.
A couple of my hobbies that I’ve seen barely getting started here… photography and mycology. There’s a lot to explore in both without getting wrapped up in religion or politics.
Would we even be able to communicate with anyone? Despite it being an English-speaking country, the language has seen a major shift in the last thousand years.
If language wasn’t a barrier, I’d probably completely screw up history. I’m descended from both Scottish and Norwegian families so it would be tough to pick a side. Once I did, well I’m a bit of an expert on trebuchets with some experience in blacksmithing so I’m sure I could make some friends pretty quickly. Add in some knowledge of electricity and maybe I could even make myself out to be a wizard.
Oh sure, I wasn’t dissing the name idea, just saying the community aspect will probably be more important to building up a new “front page of the internet”. I’ve looked at a couple others (I think Voat most recently?) each time reddit is “about to crash”, but being part of the feidiverse is what instantly caught my attention here, and I’m hoping more and more people realize what that can mean for them.
In the long run, does the name really matter? Slashdot, Digg, Fark, Reddit… they’re all somewhat meaningless names but people flocked to each platform because they provided a community and realtime information about what is happening in the world. I participated in more discussions during my first week on Mastodon than I did the entire time I was on Twitter because it felt like talking with friends and neighbors – a feeling the bird never provided.
One of many newbies here, but your post makes me wonder… is there a way to link my lemmy and mastodon accounts? Would I then see the same feeds on both interfaces?
I’m actually subscribed to Mycology@mander.xyz, it’s the only community I’ve found so far. However it sounds like I need to check out the other communities at mander.xyz to see what they offer!