One of the things for me is over the last few years i have suppressed my inner geek, censored my voice and gone along with the common group areas. I have tended to read rather than be part of something. I am kinda techie always have been however I have slept walked into a hole that I need to get out of, and instead start contributing to real communities of interest. Spaces i love, spaces where people share my passion.

I think the benefits of diversity the fediverse and infact the world we live in needs communicating. Convenience (or what i believed to be) has been a hell of a drug that I am waking up to and walking away from. And that means me getting involved in healthy internet spaces. Spaces that work me not me not the other way round. As a real life analogy, Supermarkets are great, but as i get older i am going back to farmers markets and boot sales, i like the experience, i find things i didn’t know i wanted.

I found reddit was easy to scroll, easy to read, it is like being in a corridor full of people all heading the same way, you feel like part of something, it fills time and you are never lonely. It was however not true communities like the old days of the internet.

[–] tfm@europe.pub 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You should definitely start creating content and communities! It's a lot of fun.

I'm currently establishing a new Lemmy instance and it's fun as hell. Especially since it's a lot easier to build communities in this Reddit like format than in any other. I simply post content I see and want to share into the appropriate communities and discussions will naturally follow. This can also be original content of course.

[–] Skellysgirl@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have been considering it. Not sure what on. I love to craft, make reuse, there are a few here but i guess there could be space for more.

[–] tfm@europe.pub 1 points 2 days ago

Just start with something. The more that participate with good content, the better :)