Fediverse

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.

More users.

Nextdoor but less toxic

Lots if nice users posting original content.

YouTube, obviously. And peertube is not it.

Most of the usage of platform is individual-based and it's a problem. Collective-based interaction, like in the threadiverse, leads to a better sense of community, better organizing, better software that really helps us, etc...

I would like to see more wiki-like usage, where we congregate around topics/subjects/interests and collectively build something with rules we decide ourselves

Less "platforms", more "content in the platforms" tbh.

But quite definitively, local government agencies and municipal level agencies participating in their respective national instances. Defo reduces the dependency on Shitsites.

More Lemmy, PieFed, & Mbin communities/magazines with more content, especially niche ones!

Speaking of which, I'm gonna go ahead and shamelessly plug !micromobility@lemmy.world for anyone interested in bikes, e-bikes, skateboards, scooters, motorcycles, heelies, etc.

more mod standards/tools better spam /content actions/ protection across all fediverse apps where they can opt in to the standard.

identity management/bridging which really ties into the next one-

communication hub (ingest email, messaging, etc like allin1 clients)

fediverse highlights over X period (this may exist and I'm lazy/shelteres)

More cute animals

i want to send vrml datagrams at each other like i'm the fukken lawnmower man

Closed/private Communities akin to Discord or Whatsapp, where you could have family channels or work groups, classes and the like.

I don't have anything in particular myself. I pretty much get everything I need out of a forum. I guess a good discord option. One that does all the realtime needs the way a forum works for non realtime.