Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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- 3.1) NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out
- 3.2) Political posts often end up being circle jerks (not offering unique perspective) or enflaming (too much work for mods).
- 3.3) Try c/politicaldiscussion, volunteer as a mod here, or start your own community.
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I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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i’m doing it because I want to make the fediverse more friendly place, in hopes of making it more welcoming for new users, and the nicer place in general. But I wonder how much is just less bots.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Even in the hay day of online discussion forum websites you'd have trolls that derail threads and bring nastiness to the forefront.

Good moderation, clearly defined rules and quality of content are key- contributes to a quality forum.

The karma farming and bridgading of Reddit is not missed here. Now if we can get some of the niche forums more population.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Lemmy homepage could do a random "Community Focus" where one random community is pinned for a day or 2 - or something like that. Just so people notice some of the tinier communities. I joined many when I 1st signed up but now my feed is full, so I hardly look for new ones anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great idea! Also I noticed that sports communities are mainly bots. Really wonder just how many actively posting users there are on Lemmy?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Now if we can get some of the niche forums more population.

create any you find missing. you are automatically the moderator. boring unpaid responsibility which you can trash if it starts to irritate