Question:
Where are you interacting with and being interacted with others online in the most authentic and fulfilling way for you?
Background:
I have been really seeking out some participation in a group for the purposes of knowledge sharing. I turned inward with the rejection of typical social media doom scrolling. But have since found it very difficult to get out of isolation with a remote job.
I want to find community digitally but have been struggling to do so.
I joined a gaming Reddit group a decade ago that provided the opportunity for me to talk and play games with a fairly moderated environment.
I’ve found Discord to be substantially less participatory than that TeamSpeak/Reddit combo was.
I would LIKE to find something similar here on Lemmy because I think link aggregators and long form write ups are more of my preference of communication with others online (forums). I’d go to reddit but I left for digital privacy reasons.
I’m in this discord server for autistic people which has been really nice. We’re in the process of testing out a selfhosted chat server so that we can start moving off discord
Good luck
Thank you, the self hosted server so far has gone well
I’ve had decent luck with friends of mine on Matrix if you haven’t already decided. Quite fun feels like IRC. Small group though of technical minded folks
I’m not using matrix, I have tried it and it’s not suitable for our community. Problem is the ux and that most people in our group are not technically minded. We’re trying out fluxer which is more discord like.
I agree this is nowadays hard to find. old school forums on specific topics (tech, games, music) tend to catch this. Gaming groups (guilds, multiplayer based games, modding communities) I have had great interactions on.
Anything that is a bit more ‘specific’ or focused around a hobby tends to work good for opening discussions. Its a shame a lot is focused on reddit but not all is so don’t lose hope!
MyDigitalLife (MDL) works best if you’re using windows and hydrogenaudio.
I am still leaning onto forums because this is the kind of internet i grew up with.
