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.
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.
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.
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.