bedwyr

joined 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don’t disagree. I believe that systems not relying on trust, if cleverly designed, can be simultaneously robust, selective, and autonomously correcting. That being said, the forum format itself, while having inherent drawbacks, is my preferred version of the modern commons for different reasons. It’s not the Platonic ideal of the digital commons, nor, hopefully its last iteration, but I’m hoping Lemmy produces superior communities to Reddit, for instance, simply due to their diversity and decentralized governance.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I take this point to heart. I have no problem with respectful individuals trying to better themselves through enrichment, and hope that the diversity of Lemmy communities translates to bastions of high quality standards not possible on centralized platforms like Reddit. Like anything innovative and somewhat disruptive, Lemmy is another social experiment. Personally I’m optimistic that moderators of many communities will maintain high QC and exclusivity.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Did not know of this! Gratitude and sincere thanks 🙏

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Wow, thank you my friend. This is a wonderful list. Subscribing to most of these!

Edit: also, “InMyMind” is wonderful! Thank you for curating some fascinating content. 👍

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

There used to be a website called WiserEarth (and then later Wiser.org). This was an internet utopia for intellectual, empathetic discussion about sociopolitical, environmental, ecological, and economic discussion. Really miss that community. But yeah, few. And far between.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Myself being very new to Lemmy, would you possibly be able to explain how to search by instance? Is it about finding the right app, or is it simpler to just sign up via different instances?

 

What are some of your favorite communities that feature topics like literature, science, ecology, aerospace, technology, politics, history, arts, culture, theory, and debate?

Where do responsible, respectful adults go for discussions and for substantive, high quality posts and comments by decent human beings?

(Not just limited to academic/intellectual topics, could be anything from hobbies to defense contracts to careers to skills. Just looking for respectful, reasonably intelligent, informed, relatively engaged communities.)

Also, are forum aggregators like Lemmy and Reddit even the best places to find such communities outside of listservers, universities, and academic conferences?