1mo ago

Brainstorming a 'No stupid questions re Fediverse' community

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?

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IMO !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca and !newtopiefed@piefed.ca are more helpful than a generic fediverse focused community. By the time you know what the fediverse is (I used Mastodon before joining Lemmy and now Piefed), you don't need to deal with the noob questions.
- On the other hand, it's easier to point new joiners to a single community rather than having to check what platform they are using every time
  
  While that's true, I think it's best to keep everything as simple as possible for new users.
  You joined Lemmy, you have a newtolemmy community where (hopefully) all your questions are answered. Same with Piefed.

Hello,
As said elsewhere (https://piefed.social/post/889659#comment_6523468), I would advocate to have a single "NewJoiners@lemmy.ca" community.
We could have people with questions about Lemmy/Mbin/Piefed, but also Pixelfed, Mastodon or NobeBB.
Having a single place would make it easier to link and get more activity.

I'd see the new community as a transit space in the middle

Not a community, but new people on Mastodon use the hashtag #newhere to introduce themselves or ask newbie questions. I don't know if that could be integrated into a Piefed/Lemmy community or if it would create too much noise.
- Mbin allows to fetch posts using hashtags to a certain community. Example: !photography@fedia.io

::: spoiler Draft (How I would frame it)
Welcome!
Are you curious about the Fediverse or new to it?
Did you see guides like https://jointhefediverse.net/ (more in the ‚Wiki’)*, but still
have some questions?
Feel free to ask them here!
Here you are in a community on Piefed. Similar platforms with communities around topics are Mbin and Lemmy, the largest of these. Users from there help with your requests, and you may have a look at their spaces, too.
For this Q&A purpose we chose Piefed, because you can optionally add flairs like ‚unsolved‘/‚solved‘ etc. to your posts. Additionally you can set a user flair at the sidebar.
You can read right away, but to post you need to make an account (e.g. on https://join.piefed.social/try/ or - without flairs - https://joinlemmy.com/ or https://joinmbin.org/)
Keep in mind that for some questions there is not only one correct answer, but rather a pluralism of perspectives.
I would limit this wiki to a) links to general guides and communities b) specific guides and newto-communities sorted by platform, as imo there’s no need to start another guide from scratch.
:::
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- Here you are in a community on Piefed. Similar platforms with communities around topics are Mbin and Lemmy, the largest of these. Users from there help with your requests, and you may have a look at their spaces, too.**
  First question people are going to ask "I just installed Interstellar/Voyager, how do I know if I'm on Lemmy or Piefed? How do I go to those communities from here?"
  
  Yeah, it's tricky stuff. I mention those other platforms, because it's not about directing people to Piefed aside from this format. If not for the handy flair thingy for this purpose, one could just neglect the differences or discuss that somewhere else than the intro. I'm probably too intrigued by the idea of sorting questions with that feature.
- ::: spoiler my 2nd draft
  Welcome!
  Are you curious about the Fediverse or new to it?
  Did you see guides like https://jointhefediverse.net/, but still
  have some questions?
  Feel free to ask them here!
  You can read right away, but to post you need to make an account (e.g. on Lemmy, Mbin, or Piefed
  See the pinned post for a selection of guides and more.
  Keep in mind that for some questions there is not only one correct answer, but rather a pluralism of perspectives.
  Pinned post limited to a) links to general guides and communities b) specific guides and newto-communities sorted by platform. Post not being another guide itself.
  edit: still somewhat choice overload, but less than before?
  :::
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  Why have the pinned post separate, and not the whole content together?
  To give some perspective, this is a post I made on Reddit a while ago: https://old.reddit.com/r/BoycottUnitedStates/comments/1jrcrh6/lemmy_as_an_nonus_alternative_to_red_dit_using/

My (non-expert) experience is mostly with Lemmy, for this case Piefed's flair-feature might me helfpul to sort through the questions.
- I mean we very well may end up with more than one community, so that all platforms have their share and load.

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