I was just thinking about this, when I'm facing an issue, the first thing I do is go to a search engine and usually there's a Reddit post. But I don't want to ask there. And the only way we're going to build up the info for folks to find us and come here is for us to just start asking here. On the Fediverse. We need to build up that mountain of knowledge that Reddit has and will always have. So we should be championing ANYONE asking questions here. Even if we think it's obvious and we think you can just Google it. There was a time where you literally couldn't just Google it. That was built over time. We need to build that here. So start asking your questions here! Find the answers and then post your answer to your own question. Or let someone do it for you. We need to build the knowledge here to be found. It's not just about people looking for alternatives. We need our knowledge to be more valuable than their knowledge.

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[–] jbd@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

knowledge that Reddit has and will always have

I deleted all of my comments and posts from reddit.

[–] ozoned@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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!

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[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] ozoned@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

Lol well I meant across the Fediverse, but I like you've started immediately. :-D.

[–] AngryPancake@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Also, Bell pepper is Paprika in german

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[–] tisktisk@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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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[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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?

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago

Return to being social 🐒

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[–] Paddy66@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Kagi (paid search engine, haven't tried it myself) has a fediverse forums (lemmy, piefed, mbin) lens.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

It also makes it easy to remove reddit from search results entirely.

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[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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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[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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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[+] JakobFel@retrolemmy.com 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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[–] ozoned@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] fishos@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] ozoned@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] J52@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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?).

[–] ozoned@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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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