this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2025
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New Communities

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A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.

Rules

The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.World's rules. You can click the link but we've reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isn't a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2.

1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here.

A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isn't rulebreaking and we can't be supportive to them then we probably shouldn't engage.

B. No illegal content.

C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be.

D. No uncivil behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: Name Calling; Bullying; Trolling; Disruptive Commenting; or Personal Criticisms.

E. No Harrassment. As an example in relation to Transgender people this includes, deadnaming, misgendering, and promotion of conversion therapy. Similarly Misogyny, Misandry, and Racism are also banned here.

2. Include a community or instance title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities or instances all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.

3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.

Formatting

Please include this following format in your post:

[link text](/c/[email protected])

This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won't

You should also include either:

[email protected]

or instance.com/c/community

FAQ:

Q: Why do I get a 404?

A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.

Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?

A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn't get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn't actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Don't know why this was downvoted.

I likely have an even more cynical take on American "conservatives" than those who are often labelled woke (and paradoxically I don't always agree with), yet I don't see the big deal with having a conservative community/instance or whatever.

I mean, Lemmy is rife with tankies; it doesn't get much worse than that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Because Lemmy very much wants an echo-chamber. Even tho many say they left Reddit to get out of echo-chambers.

I've seen lots of posts saying variations of, "I don't think the Fediverse should allow conservative communites." lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

FWIW, I think the term "echo-chamber" is way overused, almost to the point of being meaningless. I also don't believe in the sincerity and coherence of American-style conceptions of "free speech".

"Fediverse shouldn't allow convervatives communities" is nuts though. This is not workable from a practical perspective (forget the moral questions for a second).

Racism, overt dehumanisation, denial of widely accepted mass scale human rights abuses; that's something that can be managed from a moderation standpoint. But this would impact groups across the political spectrum (nazies, tankies, some far right, some far left).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 44 minutes ago

The paradox of intolerance: tolerating intolerance immediately results in an intolerant society.

There are various paradoxes and limitations inherent to a socially liberal society (not including the obvious issues of capitalism) that have been exploited by billionaires, fascists, strongmen, religious nuts and many others.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

FWIW, I think the term “echo-chamber” is way overused

Fair point! I agree with all your points made.

I should clarify and say that I think Lemmy very much wants to erase all conservative content from the fediverse. Which is totally against what the fediverse stands for.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I'm happy simply because it will cut down on conservative content elsewhere and I can simply filter the community lmao.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago

I think more people should follow your example, to be honest.

I prefer people block them, rather than calling for them to be banned. Conservatives have just as much of a right to be here as liberals.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you for supporting this, even tho it goes against the wave of Lemmy. I'll be switching to you to be my main instance. I am loving the vibe there. You guys are awesome!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

🙌🙌✨️✨️✨️ AW! :'D Well thank you so much for the kind words! ♥️ I just approved your application, we're happy to have you and hope you have lots of fun on HC with us!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are a number of conservative instances that have popped up. I have yet to see any actual discussion. My experience has been that conservatives get their marching orders from fox news or a few other places and don't give it any thought. When I visit my Trumper relatives, I know exactly what they will be bitching about. Doesn't matter if it's untrue, like Bidens open borders.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Then block them. They don't have to be banned though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

No thanks! I decided when I switched to lemmy I was gonna avoid politics communities.

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

I’ve subscribed. Thanks for posting it despite the chilly reception

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago

Np! Anytime 😊