Hey, when the internet first showed up, there was a vibe, rooted in GenX, to exist in a free and open source space because it’s the common sense thing to do.
As for the rest, yeah, it’s quiet here. Like the e-version of sitting on my porch and having random people step out or drive up for a bit of conversation before fucking off to elsewhere.
Can confirm the Gen X vibe
Huh, I see it completely oppositely. Cool vibes moved to fediverse and all the good internet shit is here and the people still on meta/reddit/normieshit are the “parents still on Facebook” now.
To use a different analogy, we are the remaining free cities while the rest of the internet is being conquered, colonized and exploited by the big corpos
We lack the small hobby communities, which are one of the last bastions of “good internet” left unfortunately. Hopefully Fediverse continues to gain in popularity though, fingers crossed.
I just joined a mineral collecting community yesterday that’s already seeing decent activity. I also follow some plant communities that are lively and helpful. I think the seeds are there, but we have to nurture them.
That’s awesome! And I fully agree about nurturing the seeds - I firmly believe we will get there eventually, just that we cant start to think that we’re past the point where a single person’s contributions cant make or break a community quite yet.
This is definitely a tech hobby community
Honestly even the linux communities are very little of the hobby aspect. It’s mostly a linux news and meme aggregator at this point - very few (if any) people post about their own projects seeking to share or collaborate.
We have 50 different niche Linux distro communities. How does that not count? Niche hobbies within a niche hobby.
Linux is one hobby - a hobby that squabbles and fractures like a sack full of damp cats, admittedly, but all broadly united under the heading of “linux enthusiasts”. There’s no active communities for, say, sewing or 3d modeling or baking or hobby programming or game development or ttrpgs or woodcarving or calligraphy or cars or etc. etc.
Hell, we barely have communities for porn. I’m keeping the bdsmgonewild community supplied with OC almost on my own ( <3 you Avelo for everything you do!), and although engagement is great, it’s still painfully slow to build communities.
I have great hopes for the lemmy/piefed/fediverse, it really does seem like we’re past the point of criticality and we’ll get there eventually, but it’s simply not there yet and that’s what we really need to establish ourselves.
Right now our only culture seems to be linux, halfhearted memes and political infighting… and furry shit, I’m told, although I’m woefully lacking in furry content :(
We have small islands we’re building from. D&D has some semi-regular content, I post (probably too many) satirical articles in The Onion… we’re building the beams and timber of a real organic community.
We’ll need that as each wave of discontented reddit posters find us - you need a solid community for them to grow into rather than just bring their walmart to town. I’ve found roughly 15 people posting every day or two develops a community online.
I agree we’re well below a critical mass, but our real content is refreshing.
Linux, self hosting, and general Internet nerd tech stuff are the only active fediverse niches. None of my other hobbies are remotely active enough to even mention. I’ve got a photofed account that’s basically dead because there’s zero interaction that would make it worth maintaining.
Welcome to the retirement home
We all run Linux here
It is the Year of the Linux Desktop… in 2030~~~
The LAN parties will be epic.
Someone will get taped to a ceiling for sure.
Gimme gimme gimme a LAN after midnight…
Where everyone runs Linux, probably has ADHD, and everything is the fault of capitalism. Now pull up a terminal and complain about landlords with us.
youngest of the millenials here checking in
Proud to be an elder millennial.
The fediverse still has a lot of the pitfalls and user bahaviors we have on normal social media, but it at least actually gives us working tools to fix or reasonably mitigate those problems. And if it doesn’t they’re working on it.
I’m a baby millennial born in 95 and I also want to be retired plz
So we tied a corn to our belt, as was the style at the time
If this is the retirement home, then I’m perfectly content with that.
Damn, can’t not read that in Abe’s voice.
As an older millennial, I am OK with this.
I was born on the border of genx and millennial. And this is the most giving-up assed comment I’ve ever seen.
Thanks, no, I’m still young at heart.
oh
Explains all the racism and misogyny.
Are there any boomers on the Fediverse though?
Boomers are 60-80, so at least a few on the younger end for sure.
I’m a little surprise to hear that, which I just confirmed. I was expecting the baby boom to be 1945 to maybe 1955.
