Inspired by a new introducing video and its reference to https://jointhefediverse.net/ , see link and discussion here: https://piefed.social/post/889659

Jointhefediverse is a great resource for interested people/new users, and for those a link to a community dedicated to questions re the whole fediverse and interaction with regulars could be a nice addition.

I’m only aware of ‘Fediverse’ communities not specifically for that group, or communities tailored to new users of Piefed (https://piefed.ca/c/newtopiefed) or Lemmy (https://lemmy.ca/c/newtolemmy ). Am I missing something?

The community itself could be set up rather quickly, but maybe we talk about things like name and other basics before?

  • Blaze (he/him)@piefed.socialEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Hence the idea of offering one community newtofediverse (or other title), that is for all the dozens of platforms

    Agreed on the single community!

    I wouldn’t fill it guide-like, only link to a few of those existing resources and newtolemmy etc. in a pinned post, instead.

    Would you be okay with the level of detail of https://lemmy.ca/post/40668574 ? It can probably be reworked to be platform agnostic

    • borisentiu@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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      5 days ago

      I think it’s a great guide to answer questions about Lemmy, and so helpers also don’t need to interact with the same questions over and over.

      With a new community I personally wouldn’t try to do the same for everything from Mastodon over Funkwhale to Mobilizon in one post. I would simply list 2-3 guides like https://jointhefediverse.net/ and https://joinfediverse.wiki/ plus 1-3 links per platform.

        • borisentiu@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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          5 days ago

          I feel like that makes sense looking from the POV of these 3 platforms, but it’s not a logical focus after watching Rossini’s video, for example.

          • Blaze (he/him)@piefed.socialEnglish
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            5 days ago

            I see. Would it be better if we added one link to guides to all the platforms, and then focus on Mbin / Piefed / Lemmy?

            Something like

            "Here is a link to resources for all the Fediverse platforms: https://joinfediverse.wiki/Fediverse_projects

            If you are interested in a Forumverse platform (Lemmy / Mbin / Piefed), we have put together some resources to help new users get started.
            (links to relevant communities and threads, similar to https://lemmy.ca/post/40668574)"

            • borisentiu@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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              5 days ago

              That’s an option, yes. Maybe ‘forumverse’, ‘threadiverse’ etc on top of Fediverse is a bit confusing for starters?

              If you are interested in forums, we have put together some resources to help new users get started with the platforms Lemmy/ Mbin / Piefed …