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Where else on the web does everyone hang out? (normalcity.life)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

XMPP MUCs, IRC, some Matrix Spaces. Lobsters, Mastodon.

I refuse Discord. I really wish I could refuse Microsoft GitHub—source code doesn’t need to be a proprietary social media plaform.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Soon. https://forgefed.org/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I mean federating is nice, but honestly a lot of the social features need to go

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

if it isn't for work related stuff, there are some self hosted github alternatives like gitlab, gitea and gogs

they might have less features tho

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh I don’t use Microsoft GitHub for almost anything personal, but some language ecosystems only allow packages on the platform …& the issues, discussions, pull request model has lock-in to where you can’t submit a bug, propose a new idea, or even submit a patch unless the maintainer set up something third-party. Due to so many projects with lock-in, to generally participate in free software you must have an account.

Those alternatives are good, and they are more than feature complete. I sometimes choose alternative DVCS for non-work stuff as well. Can’t be forced or forked to Microsoft GitHub if you are not using Git. 🫡