Perhaps I've misunderstood how Lemmy works, but from what I can tell Lemmy is resulting in fragmentation between communities. If I've got this wrong, or browsing Lemmy wrong, please correct me!...
When you set up a magazine you have a section at the bottom of the 'magazine panel' (basically mod settings) where you can add #tags. Articles in the fediverse with that tag automagically show up in the magazine*
*terms and conditions apply beta software may not always perfom as expected etc etc
This question is especially for people who have joined in the last week. Have you used other fediverse platforms or is this your first time really using one? What do you think of it so far? Are you aware that you can comment on Lemmy posts with a Mastodon account?
The the Wikipedia article on personal knowledge management is a little dense, but basically it's a way to keep track of everything you learn or consume and link them together to develop new ideas or insights. Sometimes people will call it a second or digital brain. There's a lot of different ways to do it, and recently there's been a lot of software like Logseq, Obsidian, and Notion, that facilitates linking everything together and keeping it organized using [[hyperlinks]] and #tags among other things.
If you are coming from Twitter, you understandably may feel like it is a lot quieter here. Mastodon is not "dead," but there is no #algorithm bombarding you with stuff. Here you develop your own user experience by searching out and following people and things that interest you. You can pretty quickly build a much more satisfying experience, but it takes a little effort. Following #hashtags is a good way to get started. Be patient and join in conversations.
@mastodonmigration
I can verify that Mastodon is far from quiet even if it initially feels that way. The reason it is quiet, is that there is no algorithm spoon-feeding us with promoted, viral or artificially boosted posts. You pick your own content, and although that takes a little more time, it is so worth it! Search, read, and drink from the fire hose to discover your new people or topics/#tags to follow.
@mastodonmigration@fil we didn’t use our data, we collected everybody’s tweets thru an API heavily reliant on #tags to identify political sentiment, cultural behavior, disinformation spread, propaganda, gender topics, etc. thru social network analysis and topic modeling (at least where i study); since a mastodon tenet is/was no search and scrape, we cannot collect similar data. As well, the volume was significant and allowed global identification. Sad times.
@mastodonmigration Evil AI if it can't take a #hint from the stated #preferences from the user: likes, dislikes, blocks, comments, #tags on posts, and explicit tag choosing about their preferences.
@ivory Just got Ivory for Mac installed (yay!). Stuck with Lists. How’s it supposed to work? Please explain? Or is there a quick guide type of thing somewhere?
One of my holy grail software quests is a community tagging (aka #folksonomy) plugin for #WordPress. The idea is that users/readers could add #tags to posts and/or images.
I don't see how Lemmy will fill the gap of Reddit - it's resulting in fragmentation
Perhaps I've misunderstood how Lemmy works, but from what I can tell Lemmy is resulting in fragmentation between communities. If I've got this wrong, or browsing Lemmy wrong, please correct me!...
Is Lemmy your first time on the Fediverse?
This question is especially for people who have joined in the last week. Have you used other fediverse platforms or is this your first time really using one? What do you think of it so far? Are you aware that you can comment on Lemmy posts with a Mastodon account?
Logseq: A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management. (github.com)
With everything going on with Twitter and Reddit I feel like I have a new appreciation for having my own local knowledge base on Logseq....