Media Revolution's Media Liberation Day on November 5 is encouraging people to liberate themselves from malignant corporate media to explore decentralized social networks. It's a great opportunity to bring people to fedi ... but as we all know, it's not always easy for people to get started, find what they're looking

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/33480650

What resources, suggestions, and support can those of us who are already here provide to potential newcomers? And what can we do to prepare for – and encourage – a potential influx?

  • Fizz@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Probably just by having fun in your own communities and in general. When people see a group of people laughing and posting memes its naturally a place they want to lurk and join in on. I think the worst part we can do is give long winded explanations of federation. Best just keep it simple and tell them to join a generic server

      • remotelove@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        I would tweak that a hair and tell people just to make an account somewhere and observe for a bit. Lemmy can have some very distinct groups that reside on very specific instances. Or not. It’s a “pick your adventure” kind of scenario, IMHO.

        It took about six months or so for me to settle into .ca after bouncing around a bit. It’s not really a pain to switch instances, but I personally like my chat history in one spot and I like the concept of a ‘home instance’.

        Depending on your client and your settings, your feed could have a bias that leans in the direction of the posts on your home instance, so that is something of note. Not saying that is bad or good, it just is what it is.

        • Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zipEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          It’s a good idea, but on the other hand telling people to observe before participating will probably lead to them not ever coming back again.

          • remotelove@lemmy.caEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            Observe while participating is what I meant. The intent is to give a person a heads up that cliques still exist on Lemmy and it may take a bit to understand them. In my case, I found the first instance I wouldn’t participate on when I was classified as a fascist baby killer for some reason. (Some instances hadn’t been mostly defederated back then.)