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Why is Lemmy not a place for thoughts and observations, rather than just links, questions, and memes? And could it be? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 months ago by connect to c/[email protected]

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Does it have something to do with the rise of smartphones and no one typing on real keyboards? (Maybe why blogs died.)

Is it a consequence of voting, which blogs didn’t have?

What happens to your thoughts? Do you turn them all in the form of a question? Do you tear them down into a Mastodon one-liner and hope a popular person notices it?

If Lemmy had more of ourselves in this way, maybe it would be a healthier place.

Being idle until the media put out an article on something for us to talk about gives them too much power over us.

There’s an actual_discussion community, which isn’t exactly lively. There’s a casualconversation community, and even that’s all in the form of a question.

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[–] connect 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I get that a question brings more engagement, but if I don’t have a question, I don’t have a question. And I might have a thought I want to put down in writing, and maybe someone will read it. Even if no one happens to read it, putting it where someone could read it and not just on paper or a nowhere unknown blog can feel better.

Healthier, maybe less combative from getting a better understanding of who someone is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't know if you've seen them, but since no one else has mentioned them, there's a few other communities that might work for posting your thoughts besides casualconversation:

[email protected] (tends to be shorter form, perhaps more absurd or sillier in tone than you want. Alternate option at [email protected])
[email protected] (mostly memes/links but occasionally someone does a text post)
[email protected] (other posts might be less neutral than you're looking for but your post doesn't have to be a rant or vent or w/e)
[email protected]

In one of your other comments on this post you mentioned somewhere to ask fact oriented questions rather than open ended questions as encouraged by asklemmy. For those, you might consider:

[email protected] (some people might suggest just using google/search-engine-of-your-choice, ignore/block them if they're jerks about it. Alternate option at [email protected])
[email protected] if it's science related

Otherwise just post your question in a community appropriate to the topic. Hope you find what you're looking for from Lemmy.

[–] connect 2 points 2 months ago

Thank you, I didn’t know about goodoffmychest or general.