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New Communities

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A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.

Rules

The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.World's rules. You can click the link but we've reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isn't a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2.

1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here.

A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isn't rulebreaking and we can't be supportive to them then we probably shouldn't engage.

B. No illegal content.

C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be.

D. No uncivil behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: Name Calling; Bullying; Trolling; Disruptive Commenting; or Personal Criticisms.

E. No Harrassment. As an example in relation to Transgender people this includes, deadnaming, misgendering, and promotion of conversion therapy. Similarly Misogyny, Misandry, and Racism are also banned here.

2. Include a community title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.

3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.

Formatting

Please include this following format in your post:

[link text](/c/community@instance.com)

This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won't

You should also include either:

!community@instance.com

or instance.com/c/community

FAQ:

Q: Why do I get a 404?

A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.

Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?

A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn't get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn't actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.giftedmc.com/post/164086

I have decided to make this community so people can join in on the cause to help neurodivergent folks to unite instead of being divided by arbitrary borders of countries, diagnoses or cultures.

The diagnostic criteria of many neurological conditions varies depending on the country you are in. They also change over time and have the added detriment that they are considered "disorders" or "diseases" which don't help people to view themselves as "ok but different" or "having a unique perspective on life".

Personal note As a person with multiple neurodivergent conditions and severe trauma, I have had intense trouble with finding any single community to feel at home in. So far, I can only outline the characteristics that made them worth while for me:

  • non violent
  • accepting of otherness
  • non elitist

This is what I'm trying to create here. Therefore, I want folks to post their unique perspective while not feeling like they're not "sick enough" or "not valid" for not being diagnosed or their neurodivergence being considered "light" like gifted folks.

There is also the difference between neurodivergence and personality disorders, many of which have been falsely ascribed to undiagnosed neurodivergent folks. We accept people with personality disorders but we will not accept bigotry, moral ambiguity, grandiosity and other harmful behaviors. So if you're being asked to drop the attitude, doubling down is the fast track out of here.

Let me know if you have any further questions or ideas.

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[–] Herbstzeitlose@feddit.de 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] Papanca@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 10 months ago

Thank you very much. This is correct.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I‘ve linked through the crosspost and thought that sufficed.

!neurodivergence@lemmy.giftedmc.com

[–] Herbstzeitlose@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

It’s not linked on the crosspost either 💀

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 5 points 10 months ago

Correct! They‘re great communities and I will link them in the sidebar soon. This community is focused on the unification of NDs rather than individual conditions.

There is a similar community on a big lemmy clone (I‘m joking, you know who I‘m talking about I hope) but I figured I‘d just do something. If they want to join the fediverse, I‘m glad.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There is also the difference between neurodivergence and personality disorders, many of which have been falsely ascribed to undiagnosed neurodivergent folks.

I believe there's also a degree of comorbidity between the two.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 10 months ago

I agree. We‘re making an ND wiki too so that would be something to go over in detail soon. Thanks for pointing it out.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Too bad no one seems to agree as to what qualifies as neurodivergence.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 9 months ago

I dont think thats a large issue for us. Neurologically different is precise enough.