Suppose I wanted to discuss, say, typewriter repair. How could I find the appropriate community? How do I avoid having my questions deleted because they are “off topic”? How do I find posts/comments/answers related to my interests?
this post was submitted on 13 May 2025
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What's the right translation for "pepper" in German? And red pepper, green pepper and so on? I found several words that seem to mean pepper, but not sure if any is better than the others.
Also, Bell pepper is Paprika in german
Lol well I meant across the Fediverse, but I like you've started immediately. :-D.
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knowledge that Reddit has and will always have
I deleted all of my comments and posts from reddit.
Deleting them only deletes them visibily. They don't provide Reddit value for customers, but they're still in the system somewhere in backups or in a DB, etc.
But still, I'm saying, having conversations. Start talking more here. Ask and answer, find others with similar interests. Let's dog food this Fediverse!
Fully agree! I just learned about https://fedi-search.com/. I'm going to start using it.
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It would be cool if there was an operator that would force the search into Lemmy content. Are they called bangs? Like starting with !r
Kagi (paid search engine, haven't tried it myself) has a fediverse forums (lemmy, piefed, mbin) lens.
It also makes it easy to remove reddit from search results entirely.
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Really solid points that really resonate with me, but are we sure lemmy is the right platform for this? And if so, would we need a separate homeserver with these goals in mind?
I feel like there is monumental opportunity for something to rise up through the ashes of reddit/stack overflow and the ilk that are gettinng AI churned atm. These are things I've been reflecting on for weeks and have not found many answers, but if anyone finds the answers please guide/inform me
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I've made a conscious effort to start doing this in conversations in general instead of opening up a browser tab. Yeah, "just google it" is a thing, but asking is often enough if you're not in a hurry, so why not?
Return to being social 🐒
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There are some questions I just honestly would like a few opinions on and/or discussion around and I certainly prefer to do those here and here from members of the federation.
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Good idea, I try to do it, but niche stuff is rough here, if you are a part of an active discord, suggest making and hosting a lemmy community to them, I'm gonna try to get some 3d discords to post more art here.
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Another idea is an asking system that compiles answers from the web while also posting the question here. Gives the benefit of immediate answers while also populating the fediverse.
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Eh, if the information already exists on the web somewhere, why reiterate it? Seems excessive to insist on asking on the Fediverse unless that information can't be found on a search engine or through AI.
Why not share it here? WHy not free the information? Someone could delete their Reddit post or Google could change their algorithm again tomorrow to suit their own needs. We're currently accepting the old system that's showing it can't be trusted. I say free the information. I might be naive though, but I have to try at least.
You need to remember first of all what sites like reddit, digg, and now Lemmy actually are. They are link aggregators. The content is anything and every thing. Just link to it. It's that simple. And if you feel it is in a place that might get removed, screenshot it, archive.org it, copy into an online Google Doc, and post that. There's no reason we need 500 identical "How do I do X?" posts just to fill content. Do you want 500 posts clogging your feed about how to fix the same printer issue over and over?
I don't want 500, but if I had a choice between finding it on the Fediverse or Reddit, I'd prefer the Fediverse personally.
What I'm saying is that it doesn't matter where the information is. If it's absolutely crucial information, archive it, but if it disappears from Reddit or wherever, it's not like someone else will be incapable of asking again, here or elsewhere.
I am not sure about “the need to build knowledge” but i am liking the idea of communities of specific interest and expertise with the idea anyone can go discuss things with experts.
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I think it shouldn't be a competition but possibly something with added value. Possibly in the form of structure, ie something that doesn't create hundreds of same/similar questions but constantly updates the best answers closest to the existing date. (Alphabetically searchable hashtags, etc..., build it communally, ie #NoStupidQuestions , how to best build a free information platform?).
Oh yeah, not a competition really, just post anything and on any Fediverse platform. We need to dog food the Fediverse. Let's stop taking the easy way. Sure, find an answer if you like, but come back here tondhare with all of us. We need to build our own library of Alexandria.
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