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?

  • borisentiu@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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    5 days ago

    All good :-) Do you mean rework to adress the whole fediverse? I wouldn’t suggest turning newtolemmy into newtofediverse at the expense of losing a fine community tailored to Lemmy.

    My point is, as someone being new to the Fediverse you may need both, at different stages.

    And the ‘read-only’ resource jointhefediverse.net probably should avoid choice overload by not listing a ton of newtocommunities as next step(s).

    Hence the idea of offering one community newtofediverse (or other title), that is for all the dozens of platforms, but with minimal input itself. Just a safe space for questions. I wouldn’t fill it guide-like, only link to a few of those existing resources and newtolemmy etc. in a pinned post, instead.

    The discussion here is helpful, but it’s all pointless, if fediverse people don’t warm up to the idea, signalling readiness to help with actual questions. We could rework the draft and suggest an instance (lemmy.ca?) in another post to the various fediverse@… communitys.

    • 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 …