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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] 4 points 1 year ago

YCombinator's HackerNews mostly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Mastodon mostly

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Lemmy is my go to when I have downtime and want to mindlessly scroll but I’ve been really into making things lately so I’ve been on GitHub for fun trying to understand how other projects work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Mostly YouTube, Hacker News, and some mailing lists. I do join some random forums to discuss non-tech hobbies like English writings, games, or classical music.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Matrix, lemmy, mastodon, mumble, im not a fan of irc I have an xmpp, i dont use it often tho I also have signal for irls

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

Ive used discord, trying to run away from it

If anyone wants to chat im down my contact site lol (idk if thats self advertising)

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

Hey I'm here for it. Thanks for the link--I'll add you to my feed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Why not IRC? I mean, if you want private conversation, then that's not your place. But for a community? Not sure I see a huge problem with it. I love the idea of XMPP as a better IRC, but I never found a place to hang out there. What do you think?

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

IRC, assorted mailing lists and forums, Matrix, Mastodon and occasionally Reddit (blasphemy, I know)

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

Not blasphemy at all. If you enjoy it, then it's a great place for you. What good communities do you know of on IRC?

Edit: and matrix? Edit: and Mastodon too? lol

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

Discord for games with friends, and for a couple niche pieces of software too small for forums.

Lemmy for broad-appeal topics like world news and less niche tech.

And Im not sure if it still counts when I just lurk now, but Reddit for everything else, since none of it moved over to lemmy. Gaming subreddits, more niche tech, history and accedemic topics, local and lifestyle stuff, ect.