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I think this is a little bit outside of the ask, but I'd like to find a place that is both positive and relatively politically neutral.
Part of what drive me here was that the tip of the iceberg (facebook, instagram, tiktok) feel so deeply infused with ads/ai/influencers that even the content I like is likely deceitful. This bums me out and makes me not want to use social media.
Places like reddit and any of the #chans have less of this, but the baked-in politics in both make of them bum me out.
I like that Lemmy feels like it's actual people, but the politics and negativity can get to be a little much for me. I don't like to think about things I don't like, and while I can the value in being informed of things that I may need to act on, I don't think that constantly bringing up things we take for granted is helpful.
What I want to be doing is getting to build and be a part of something positive and purposeful, something people do because they're passionate, something that is so cool that the shitty stuff outside kind of pales in comparison. I've met lots of cool people on here that are that way, and I've been able to filter some of the negativity out by ignoring posts that I know will bring that out in people, but still, it would be cool to see something like that.
I hope it's as simple as finding the right instance for me.
So I have some advice that you might already be thinking/implementing.
For Lemmy use your three buckets well.
You have,
All
Local
Subscribed
Use 'all' feed for keeping an eye out on that bigger social media and taking the value of being 'informed' on the current narratives and events.
Pick an area of relatively specific interest, i see your currently on our premier Marxist/Leninist server, if thats anything like Aussie Zone its a completely different bucket of topics thar you will hopefully be able to relate to in a very different way to the 'All' feed. If your local server is fairly sleepy or not that different from 'all' considwr moving server fedidb or Lemmy Verse might help with server selection.
Use subscribed to drill down and keep a tight list of the niche communities rhat will really keep you happy, don't subscribe if you only think its important to keep abreast of, keep that list as your happy place. 😊
I've recently joined Mastodon. For individual to individual connection it is better. So to my surprise, I've found Lemmy and Mastodon work well used as a pair. Even though if I want to, I can see the agonisingly embarrassing comments I make on lemmy very easily from my Masto account.
Thank you so much for taking the time to lay that all out for me. I'm sure you've had to do it once or twice already, lol. I'll absolutely start curating the stuff I'd rather see. Maybe part of the friction I'm feeling is a procedural rub with marxists/leninists, and it would make sense/be hilarious if I've wandered into the middle of their space.
Do you have any less political servers you'd recommend? Besides the servers/services you recommended? Or is it largely an issue with the server i'm on?
Glad I can help! 😊
So, hard question in server selection. If .ml server isn't for you then there are hundreds of other options. Lemmy Verse is definitely going to be your friend here. Instance is substituted for server, and is a more appropriate name.*
This highlight button in the image shows you what to select on Lemmy Verse to get a large list of networked Instances. It likely won't be all the Instances, and may have some dormant and/or private Instances not open to the public to join. Most of the Instances with some size will be open and no problem to join though.
^*I only like to refer to Instances as servers because it reminds me that they also have a physical presence somewhere in this world, and the location selected has some importance.^
So thats a quick general guide for Instance selection.
Specifically 'non-political' Instances that I know is hard because I don't know how political is too political for you.
Take my 'Local' Instance, its for Australians and people interested in upside down land. Theres plenty not political, but each day we are posting and discussing the daily political news. You know, things like, which bum scratchin politician has been caught pickin their nose again, etc..
Theres other location specifics for France, New Zealand, Netherlands, Midwest US (midwest.social), UK, etc..
If you're looking to get away from politics as much as possible then maybe location specific areas won't work for you.
With that said technology servers might be the go, db0 or programming.dev are examples.
You could join solarpunk and help them imagine a positive futuristic world rather than a dystopian one.
Or mander.xyz is more science based.
Book lovers might like literature.cafe
These are just some of the larger (in fediverse terms) options you could look into.
I hope that helps you and anyone else reading.
If you do decide to change I'd love to know where you've gone off to and why that Instance was chosen. Theres so many Instances I still have no idea about 😆
Agreed - can’t say for sure if this is my instance / communities or not but Lemmy seems to have a very particular political bent and it’s pretty narrow. On top of this there are some dominant narratives that I wouldn’t count as “politics” but which are inescapable - and heaven help you if you say something interesting that doesn’t affirm one of these narratives.
More outside of the question.