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Someone maintains a list on Gist, https://gist.github.com/zpangwin/8be46c8314d3288504f13863d9fbae1b https://gist.github.com/zpangwin/8be46c8314d3288504f13863d9

Someone maintains a list on Gist, https://gist.github.com/zpangwin/8be46c8314d3288504f13863d9fbae1b https://gist.github.com/zpangwin/8be46c8314d3288504f13863d9f... It's quite a bit of federated stuff in there, but some "decent" links too. The problem is that I can spin up a phpBB instance and create an IRC channel, but are you going to come? It's a rhetorical question. For it to even work there needs to be a cause, otherwise you're sitting like ducks waiting for some cool shit to happen. And the new generation has no idea what those two social platforms even are... good luck onboarding a zoomer on a phpBB forum to "socialize". But I'd love to see where else people are hanging out outside of HN, maybe there are some hidden gems out there that I could consider joining. Fediverse/Discord/Slack are a no go for me, don't enjoy them at all.

EA-3167 3y ago
To be honest, the ability to effortlessly repel Zoomers strikes me as a feature, not a bug.
- spike021 3y ago
  I don't see what this has to do with Zoomers, to be honest. If we're going to bring up generations, I'm a millennial who basically grew up on IRC and vBulletin forums. In fact, I'm still a fairly active participant in IRC, and I am definitely one in a vBulletin based board for a certain car. But I vastly prefer the experience of having a central place of communities like Reddit for all its problems. Moderation system tends to be consistent, you don't get random changes by negligent administrators adding full screen ads that can get past ad blockers, knowledge/discussion isn't ephemeral like it is on IRC (sure you can log but not everyone likes or wants to for various reasons).
- hospitalJail 3y ago
  We are already doing it. We are becoming the old dudes making fun of the next generation. Right on time. Better to say things like: Young people are too idealistic or have a different sense of humor. They learn from us, not the other way around.
  - EA-3167 3y ago
    I don't want to make fun of them, I just have no desire to socialize with them. I frankly think it's weirder to be a man in his 40's who wants to spend their digital day with 17 year olds.
    - hospitalJail 3y ago
      If you consider yourself a teacher, its no big deal. Socrates might have been talking to adults, but students were watching.
      - EA-3167 3y ago
        I try not to compare myself to Socrates, or delude myself into thinking that most social media is about teaching.
        imtringued 3y ago
        As someone who spent some time on IRC as a teen surrounded by people in their 20s and 30s. It actually is.
- fluidcruft 3y ago
  getoffmy.net seems to be available
xeonmc 3y ago
Or why not create communities on GitHub itself?
hospitalJail 3y ago
Gigantic listicles that we bookmark and never revisit. The better way to do this, is have a recommendation that is solid to make further recommendations more interesting..... So to test this, I clicked on the first link where there was a poll and found https://squabbles.io/ https://squabbles.io/ Then I checked out subreddits that I'd visit, and they actually had a community. And I didn't need an email to sign up. Then I commented on a thread, checked to see if it appeared in incognito. It did. Well let me eat my words, that is a good list. So... I guess I am eating my words

EA-3167 3y ago

To be honest, the ability to effortlessly repel Zoomers strikes me as a feature, not a bug.

spike021 3y ago
I don't see what this has to do with Zoomers, to be honest. If we're going to bring up generations, I'm a millennial who basically grew up on IRC and vBulletin forums. In fact, I'm still a fairly active participant in IRC, and I am definitely one in a vBulletin based board for a certain car. But I vastly prefer the experience of having a central place of communities like Reddit for all its problems. Moderation system tends to be consistent, you don't get random changes by negligent administrators adding full screen ads that can get past ad blockers, knowledge/discussion isn't ephemeral like it is on IRC (sure you can log but not everyone likes or wants to for various reasons).
hospitalJail 3y ago
We are already doing it. We are becoming the old dudes making fun of the next generation. Right on time. Better to say things like: Young people are too idealistic or have a different sense of humor. They learn from us, not the other way around.
- EA-3167 3y ago
  I don't want to make fun of them, I just have no desire to socialize with them. I frankly think it's weirder to be a man in his 40's who wants to spend their digital day with 17 year olds.
  - hospitalJail 3y ago
    If you consider yourself a teacher, its no big deal. Socrates might have been talking to adults, but students were watching.
    - EA-3167 3y ago
      I try not to compare myself to Socrates, or delude myself into thinking that most social media is about teaching.
      - imtringued 3y ago
        As someone who spent some time on IRC as a teen surrounded by people in their 20s and 30s. It actually is.
fluidcruft 3y ago
getoffmy.net seems to be available

xeonmc 3y ago

Or why not create communities on GitHub itself?

hospitalJail 3y ago

Gigantic listicles that we bookmark and never revisit. The better way to do this, is have a recommendation that is solid to make further recommendations more interesting..... So to test this, I clicked on the first link where there was a poll and found https://squabbles.io/ https://squabbles.io/ Then I checked out subreddits that I'd visit, and they actually had a community. And I didn't need an email to sign up. Then I commented on a thread, checked to see if it appeared in incognito. It did. Well let me eat my words, that is a good list. So... I guess I am eating my words