threelonmusketeers

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18 November 1987 in c/calvinandhobbes@lemmy.world
[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Calvin’s mom is the second best character in the comic.

Who is the third best? Calvin or Hobbes?

Religious LGBTQ+ folks who are also anarchist have no safe place to speak their minds, and I think it's a shame. in c/newcommunities@lemmy.world
[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

As Emperor said, "if you see a need for a community, start it".

Working on a TUI for Lemmy! in c/lemmyapps@lemmy.world
[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What is a TUI?

17 November 1987 in c/calvinandhobbes@lemmy.world
[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder why tapioca was chosen?

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Astronomers discover two galaxies aligned in a way where their gravity acts as a compound lens (phys.org)
communitypromo@feddit.org - Community promo for german communities in c/newcommunities@lemmy.world
communitypromo@feddit.org - Community promo for german communities in c/newcommunities@lemmy.world
[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm curious as to why the community name is still in English, rather than something like "Gemeinschaftsförderung".

Community for political discussion in c/newcommunities@lemmy.world
[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago

Maybe at least now the discussions can happen there instead?

Desmond Tutu Meets the Hooded Fang in c/funny@sh.itjust.works
[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Book cover image the above was based on

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Desmond Tutu Meets the Hooded Fang (sh.itjust.works)
 

Source

Context:

‘The Terminator’ 40th anniversary: Remembering James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s sci-fi classic in c/movies@lemm.ee
Consolidation of electric vehicle communities on Lemmy? in c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I hope so too, though it's important to keep in mind that Many of the subscribers on the larger instances are remnants of the 2023 APIcalypse, and not active accounts. We probably won't see the total number of subscribers surpass the larger instances until the Lemmy userbase grows a bit more.

Active users/week and users/month is probably the best metric to track, and we're already seeing encouraging results there.

Consolidation of electric vehicle communities on Lemmy? in c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Definitely encouraging! Although I think active users/week and users/month is a more meaningful metric than total subscribers. Many of the subscribers on the larger instances are remnants of the 2023 APIcalypse, and not active accounts.

Whats your experiences with reaching out to other forums to join Lemmy? in c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Not too successful so far.

I think a strategy worth trying might be to grow the r/redditalternatives and r/lemmy subreddits, and direct users to those, rather than to Lemmy directly.

If we can get Redditors talking about Lemmy, that would help spread awareness.

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Roman Space Telescope reaches assembly milestone (spacenews.com)
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Consolidation of electric vehicle communities on Lemmy? (sh.itjust.works)
 

Why consolidate communities?

One of the advantages of a decentralized platform like Lemmy is the ability to create parallel communities on the same topic. "You don't like how a community is being moderated? Go to another instance and start a new community!" (with or without blackjack and hookers)

However, this is also a double-edged sword. The creation of multiple communities on the same (or similar) topics can also fragment the userbase, leading to very sparsely populated communities.

A few perspectives in favour of consolidation: (credits to @Ashyr@sh.itjust.works, @otter@lemmy.ca, and @Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone)

https://sh.itjust.works/comment/11171955

I think until there’s some tool or system that helps collate all the information out here, fragmentation is detrimental to growth.

I’m not going to copy and paste the same comment with every mirrored post.

So sometimes commenting feels like a waste of time.

Centralizing helps ensure that there’s vibrant, consistent discussion which is what Lemmy should be about.

https://lemmy.ca/comment/8823953

I like this because people showing up to those communities might think that topic doesn’t have activity on Lemmy, when it actually does.

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/8370860

I sometimes think that unmoderated communities should be closed, and just be left and locked with a pointer to the active one. In case an issue arises with the active one, they can still be unlocked and used as back up.

Consolidating electric vehicle communities

Applying these principles to the EV communities on Lemmy, let's take an overview of what currently exists:

General-purpose:

Location-specific:

Other:

Do all of these communities serve a distinct purpose? If not, could we consolidate some of them?

While Lemmy does not currently have a built-in way of moving or merging communities, @Blaze@lemmy.cafe has had some success with pinning an explanation post directing users to the new community and locking the old one. Is this something which could be applied to the EV communities on Lemmy?

The next question is, of course "Which communities should we consolidate to?"

Given the general sentiment to move off of ML (for ideological reasons) and off of World (to avoid centralization of instances), my proposal would be !electricvehicles@slrpnk.net. I think the SolarPunk instance is a nice match for an EV community, but I am interested to hear what others think.

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Future space telescopes could be made from thin membranes, unrolled in space to enormous size. (phys.org)
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Nearly three years since launch, Webb is a hit among astronomers (arstechnica.com)
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What if everyone pointed a laser at the moon? (www.youtube.com)
 

Original static webpage version: https://what-if.xkcd.com/13/

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Researchers spot black hole feeding at 40x its theoretical limit (arstechnica.com)
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NASA successfully integrates coronagraph for Roman Space Telescope (phys.org)
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Astronomers just found complex carbon molecules in space – a step closer to deciphering the origins of life. (theconversation.com)
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What if Earth grew 1cm every second? (www.youtube.com)
 

Original static webpage version: https://what-if.xkcd.com/67/

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NASA thinks it found a moon light-years away spewing gas (mashable.com)
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