Enjoying exploring Aussie Zone so far. Thanks to @lodion, i think, for hosting! I’m an endemic lurker coming over from Reddit. Trying a few things on ‘Jerboa for Lemmy’, learning the ropes, so sorry for editing and other mistakes, please let me know when I make them.
To the actual point of the post,
Theres a few different spots, other instances/communities, that I’s wondering if ‘Aussie Zone’ should/can link the feed to. So we can begin to coalesce an Aussie user base, without all having to pile into the one instance, or individually find these other places and have duplication across communities of similar topics.
For example there is, lemmy.perthchat.org (instance) australia@lemmy.ml (community) lemmy.nz (instance) (would probs be good to keep tabs on these dodgy lookin fellas) And i’m sure there are others,
Maybe i’ve got the wrong end of the stick, but it seems like we could end up with several concurrent ‘Australia’ chats leading to fragmentation and reduced engagement as a result?
Sorry for the essay.
It’s just part of having an explosion of new communities, I think hopefully will sort itself out.
Having said that if you did want to post your post to more than one community (or crosspost someone elses post) there is a cross-post icon across from the comments e.g. the two squares overlaid. You can then search for one of another community (not sure if from your subscribed list) and post there as well.
It doesn’t add another post, just a ‘crossposted to’ note.
Everyone can participate in communities on different instances. If that means users from this instance primarily interact within communities elsewhere, that is totally fine and expected.
Communities will naturally form where they do for a variety of reasons. If that means here on aussie.zone, great. If it’s somewhere else, also great. The focus should be on participating and building the community wherever it is.
No need “link” to the other instances you’ve mentioned. Go ahead and join any communities you like over there. If they don’t exist or you want it created here, just ask :)
2 subreddits I follow (used to follow) which were quite popular are /r/AusRenovation and /r/AusLegal. The first is where people ask for DIY advice, the second where people ask for legal advice.
Thoughts on dropping the Aus from the names? I think it’s implicit with the instance name.
I think having the Aus will help geo locate it, I in know we are in the Aussie zone community but it can be hard to pick up on that sometimes
Yeah and when searching. I think as searching and discoverability improves, people will search for “Aus” to find communities. Think of it as SEO haha
I’ll be honest, lemmy seems confusing as fuck for new comers… and I say this as one of the early Digg to Reddit refugees.
Roger that; speaking as someone who enjoys Ubuntu and being frustrated, navigating the new federation is… it’s not good. Still, we’re here now - let’s make it our labyrinth!
