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submitted 10 months ago by amitten@normalcity.life to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I’m really curious where else everyone here hangs out on the internet besides Lemmy.

I myself am frequently on discord with my wife and friends playing games. I’ve also found myself in and around smaller blogs spaces like Kev Quirk and related people. Reddit used to be a place for me to hang out but I never found a community that I felt connected to. I don’t know if YouTube would be considered a place to hang out, but I frequently spend way more time there than I should. IRC used to be a great place for me.

So, where are your favorite places?

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[-] 1984@lemmy.today 21 points 10 months ago

I think some of us are intentionally avoiding big tech now and try to find places online that doesn't feel completely dead soul wise.

Lemmy feels good for me, but I'm also looking for web sites where I feel connected to people.

[-] amitten@normalcity.life 4 points 10 months ago

I’ve found that small blogs are excellent for this. I started my own and reached out to a few smaller blogs from some really interesting people. I instantly felt at home in the community.

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 6 points 10 months ago

Thanks, yes, I guess it's time to go back to following blogs and interacting with real people again on the web. Before big tech, that's what the entire internet was. Just lots of original web sites from individuals wanting to show their web design skills or talking about random topics.

It just feels like it's harder to find those now, and also a bit inconvenient to remember to go to each site every now and then. We got lazy with centralized services, with everything under one centralized controlled roof owned by an insane billionaire with mommy issues.

[-] amitten@normalcity.life 6 points 10 months ago

An RSS reader is the ideal tool for that. No need to remember to go to every site when all of them are in one place. And most blogs have an RSS feed as well.

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