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3 hours agoYeah, that Tuvix episode turned me off to the entire franchise.
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check out additional info here: https://lemmy.world/post/41612178
Who, JonTron? I used to watch his videos a while back while visiting my cousin, but one day cuz just stopped watching him and never explained why.
Hey, fam! Check out !fedigrow@lemmy.zip if you haven’t already, we talk about this kinda thing a lot there. About a week ago I wrote down some thoughts on how to grow a community so that you’re not the only poster, it’s not exactly what you’re asking, but maybe it’ll be helpful:
click here for a bunch of ideas on what to do if you're the only poster on a community
First, find regular events to post about. For example on !bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world I post about the weekly Monsterdon watch party. On !juggalos@lemmy.world, philipontacos posts about the (mostly) weekly JCW and Shaggy Show posts on youtube. (edit: similarly, you can use a scheduler to make regular posts ahead of time, on piefed or the lemmy scheduler. For example I looked up a bunch of Tintin panels and picked out my favorites, and scheduled a weekly post on !eurographicnovels@piefed.social with a different panel every Tuesday. When I see it posted, I make a comment saying why it was one of my favorites.)
Second, give people resources they can use. For example on !sumo@lemmy.world I periodically post a bunch of links that people can use to follow the bi-monthly tournaments. This resulted in more engagement than when I just posted a lot of content myself.
Third, just ask people to post. If anyone has commented on your posts, reply to them (or send a DM) suggesting that they make posts of their own. On !gothindustrial@lemmy.world I had to ask like 10+ people in this way, but we finally got a nice community of 3-4 regular posters and several other occasionals.
Fourth, think about the kinds of posts that will attract discussion. This will vary by community. Simple links to songs or videos rarely attract much discussion. Articles may attract more, tho you run the risk of “ragebait” or “clickbait”. Look through !asklemmy@lemmy.world to get a sense of what questions will attract discussion, and think about how this can be adapted to your community. Memes can get a lot of upvotes, but the amount of discussion they inspire depends on the type of meme.
Fifth, think about “community events” to get people involved. On !superbowl@lemmy.world, there’s an annual “Owl of the Year” tournament where people vote for their favorite owl.
Sixth, advertise periodically, on !newcommunities@lemmy.world, by cross-posting, by mentioning your community elsewhere (when approriate), by getting it listed in the sidebar of related communities, etc.
Finally, only do things here that are fun. That’s just my personal rule. Every once in a while I think I should make regular discussion-provoking “question” posts on !gothindustrial@lemmy.world, but I just don’t have it in me. So I only make that kind of post when I think I have a good question that I really wanna see what people answer. (edit: on the other hand, I spent several hours making a “Who is your Favorite Dracula?” meme on !vampires@lemmy.zip, because it was fun.)
Awrite, that’s just a couple things I thought of, hope it’s helpful to someone.
Lemmy + Piefed + mbin is sometimes called the “threadiverse”, so maybe Threadiquette?
“goth” means different things to different people. sorry, I’d write more but I’m comin down with a cold or something.
Just trying to understand how the world looks like for a goth.
ok how about this:
Cybergoth is one style outta many, most larger festivals have many different styles represented, so it’s not all like that.
heavily concentrated around major cities
Right, but when a goth band wants to make a video on the cheap, what do they do? Take a camera out into the forest!
You might be hard pressed to find any cybergoths in the wild,
There are still meetups at festivals like Amphi and WGT, see here for various links: https://piefed.social/search?q=cybergoths+Amphi&community=1277&language=0&search_for=posts
tho yeah, I don’t think people dress cybergoth on the daily unless they’re an influencer or something.
Funny you should ask that, I was just trawling around looking for memes to post on !gothindustrial@lemmy.world and came across this classic image:
It’s from like 2007 but still got a lot of truth. See here for a breakdown of the various “stereotypes” of goth types by the same artist, many of which do not involve monochrome: https://www.deviantart.com/trellia/gallery/25271332/goth-stereo-types
If you check out pics from last summer’s Wave Gotik Treffen, you’ll notice that yeah, black is the baseline but it’s not exclusive: https://piefed.social/post/883617
As for your question “why?” idk but wikipedia says:
The anchor that holds all elements of dark culture together can be viewed as the color black with all its associated symbolism. It is seen as an expression of seriousness, darkness and mysticism, but also of hopelessness and emptiness, melancholy, as well as its association with mourning and death.[2][6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_culture
But a lot of tradgoths will say you don’t have to dress or act any certain way to be “goth”, you just gotta enjoy the music. idk tho, I’m more into industrial!
@fenderstratocaster@lemmy.world, are you an expert in this kind of line too?
4·2 days agoWhen I first read this story as a kid, I didn’t really understand what Wolff was doing and why. I mean, I kinda got it, but as a kid it was hard for it to really resonate.
story details
In the story, they’re running out of breathable air in their spaceship on the way back to Earth, and Wolff (who up to that point was a villain) sacrificed himself by going out into space, thus giving everyone else a chance with the remaining air.
It is not a straight line;
hol up, I know a line expert. @fenderstratocaster@lemmy.world , is it a straight line or not?
2·3 days agoFwiw whenever I tell my friends about us, I point them to my feeds of lemmy communities with less politics and tech:
17·4 days agoThat’s cool, we need more OC memes. Lookin forward to what you got.
that site is odd… looks like we have to go to https://lemmyverse.net/ and THEN click “communities”…
Yeah, feeds are neat bc they’re user-curated, they’re easy to copy, and you can easily tell which communities are active.
Your proximetry metrics is a good idea too, I bet it would work best in a tool like the Lemmy Explorer: https://lemmyverse.net/communities
Here’s my approach: over the holidays I suggested lemmy to 3 people I know. I did so by emailing or texting them links to the following piefed feeds of lemmy communities:
The first is non-political, non-tech, low-meme communities (tho sometimes those topics sneak in.) The second is non-political, non-tech meme/humor communities. One peson said they thought it was neat, the other said they bookmarked it, the third didn’t say anything. Dunno if they joined.
oops sorry, I removed your username from there. for what it’s worth, !gothindustrial@lemmy.world has a smaller audience than !asklemmy@lemmy.world.