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I'm an engineer so being part of a Dev community is important. Hackernews is part of that but I have a more intimate group of friends which I maintain a slack w

by asim 3y ago

I'm an engineer so being part of a Dev community is important. Hackernews is part of that but I have a more intimate group of friends which I maintain a slack with. Right now I'm more in search of a Muslim community. I was surprised by the response to my Eid Mubarak thread. I didn't realise so many Muslims were here. Personally I'm just struggling to find a place to express that part of myself. Twitter isn't the right place, I don't have Muslim friends. It's difficult to find it. Are you using malten?

turtleyacht 3y ago
Religious communities have places of worship. But I'm not sure if you are looking for a digital space or a physical one. Mastadon may have some relevant communities too. More likely to be dev-oriented as well. And I know you're no stranger to building your own stuff :) So there is that possibility. Even a mailing list, if one person joins, that's a start (not a newsletter).
- asim 3y ago
  Yea I've sort of explored all these options and ultimately found that nothing really fit. I grew up in the internet generation. Despite having an in person religious community where I go every Friday to pray it's sort of hard to engage in it otherwise. Everyone is busy living their lives. The world has a rhythm and even religious communities are sucked into that. I'm thinking about building something. Let's call it Micro communities. Small private groups, invite only. Sort of just start by creating a safe space to share and interact in relation to this topic which seems to not fit on other technology platforms. We'll see where it goes after that.
turtleyacht 3y ago
> Are you using malten? Not at this time. I only heard about it recently. I like that it can be self-hosted.
- asim 3y ago
  Thanks, always open to feedback on it. I think we're due for a decentralisation kick but anything we run needs to be drop dead simple.

by asim 3y ago

turtleyacht 3y ago

Religious communities have places of worship. But I'm not sure if you are looking for a digital space or a physical one. Mastadon may have some relevant communities too. More likely to be dev-oriented as well. And I know you're no stranger to building your own stuff :) So there is that possibility. Even a mailing list, if one person joins, that's a start (not a newsletter).

asim 3y ago
Yea I've sort of explored all these options and ultimately found that nothing really fit. I grew up in the internet generation. Despite having an in person religious community where I go every Friday to pray it's sort of hard to engage in it otherwise. Everyone is busy living their lives. The world has a rhythm and even religious communities are sucked into that. I'm thinking about building something. Let's call it Micro communities. Small private groups, invite only. Sort of just start by creating a safe space to share and interact in relation to this topic which seems to not fit on other technology platforms. We'll see where it goes after that.

turtleyacht 3y ago

> Are you using malten? Not at this time. I only heard about it recently. I like that it can be self-hosted.

asim 3y ago
Thanks, always open to feedback on it. I think we're due for a decentralisation kick but anything we run needs to be drop dead simple.