Thanks, I should've been more specific, I've been searching but either find old dormant subs with zero audience, or (more often) nothing at all.
Would be great if there was a way to register interest in a subs that don't yet exist, it might encourage people to get them started.
Would be a shame to lose this week's momentum - though I'm having fun so far ๐
I've been browsing communities, but I'm reaching a lot of dead ends. Guess j either wait and see, or try to create them myself.
I'll check out that sub though, thanks
I rented their Live After Death from Lovefilm about 15 years ago, and that's what got me into them. Couldn't believe I'd written them off as an 80s band I wouldn't like.
Is there a way for people to express interest in new communities, and for people to help set them up and circulate when it's there?
I know it doesn't exactly seem hard, but it's enough of a barrier for someone who's already feeling hesitant.
With subs going down, it scrubs my history in them anyway, so unless they all come back up or are forced back open with new mods, a lot of my history is already gone.
I know what you mean. I've posted some comments that I know have been useful because I get replies years later, from people who've googled the topic. I don't want to remove any of that, but I'll just leave it dormant.
If this is my new home, I'll be less attached to that Reddit account over time.
How are you getting on with finding communities? I've really struggled. I'd be open to creating some communities myself and if there's engagement I'd be happy to hand over to a better mod, but I'm not sure of the best practices, which instance to use, etc.
Double edge sword, isn't it. There's a sweet spot that Reddit passed over a decade ago. I don't need endless memes and hot takes, or dopamine triggering feeds.
I'm hoping for a backlash to the TikTok-ification of everything.
I'm a UX product designer and a major issue I've encountered within FOSS is extremely opinionated developers, who regularly sacrifice usability for features and configurability, which is instantly off-putting to a general audience.
I'm painting a very broad picture there, and I'm not criticising - I'm a staunch advocate for Linux and FOSS in general, the technical execution and intent is usually brilliant.
Apple is extremely opinionated in their design by limiting options and complexity, that's one way they achieve a solid foundation, by offering few options (both in terms of software and hardware). They don't make their users think too hard.
There's plenty of low hanging fruit that could be addressed (use of plain language, clear actions, other tried and tested design principles) but that's not enough, and it often relies on strong UI dev skills, which the team doesn't necessarily have.
I've seen some appetite for making FOSS projects easier for a general audience, but things fall flat when it comes to making hard decisions (stripping out or hiding complexity, making decisions to promote simplicity, spending considerable effort on UI instead of features).
I'd love to be more involved in it, and maybe I'm being unfair, but it can be demoralising work for a designer.
I love the game, though the tiles could be easier to read - I find new players mistake some of the buildings. Also, numbers on the monasteries are comically small.. I don't know if the new edition fixes those bits, but I can't see myself paying to upgrade.
Solo is very satisfying, too. It dials up the puzzle aspect.
There's also one shield in the expansion which is wildly imbalanced, so that and monastery #6 get buried in my box
I read these threads and end up thinking I have ADHD... or a chronic case of Internet Induced Short Attention Span