Move over to beehaw.org, way less ragebait and much more positivity.
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I think the disabling of downvotes on Beehaw and similar instances really helps. It reduces the pile-on effect, which in turn makes people less defensive and more open to proper, good faith discussion. In general I think the solution is to not find "uplifting" communities, but rather to replace whatever communities you're currently visiting with better equivalents. The world is not as depressing and scary when the people you're talking to about these big issues are genuine and/or educated (and by educated I just mean "took the time to read the article before commenting").
I'm torn between curating what I subscribe to here to eliminate overly negative things, with wanting to stay in the know specific industry topics and about important world events.
Unfortunately most of the important world events are negative. And my industry is a disgusting race to the bottom of the consumer exploitation barrel.
So on some days I just try to not open specific types of posts if I know it's just going to get me down. I stick to memes and comics on those days
I just went through my list of subreddits and searched Lemmy for similar communities. I would say a good 70% we're already represented here
Here are a bunch of fun communities that are active (avoiding news, tech, and memes):
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If you like them, be sure to upvote / comment / post!
I... am both dumbfounded and grateful that you appreciate our community, Rolando. <3
Thank you!
It is funny, first thing I see:
Thanks! Just subscribed to most of them :)
Superbowl reminds me of the SDF Fox News
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Best place to get news on Lemmy.
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]
I browse all, and I just block communities that I find overly negative.
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]
I wish Voyager would give me that formatting as an option when I use the share feature.
Cats are all the rage on Lemmy at the moment
Come back tomorrow when the Caturday crowd is around, and Cat Lemmy will be poppin' off.
You can never go wrong with cats or plants.
I just block everything that has the words "news" or "meme" in them. That already avoids you 90% of bad news and disgrace.
Follow my community [email protected] !
You've missed off the !
so Voyager thinks it's an email address.
Oh THAT'S how you link a community! I still hadn't figured it out yet.
Thank you!!! π
Fuckin glorious. You better post more! Sadly, I just got a trim but we'll see if I can contribute in a few months.
Summer's right around the corner! It's the perfect time!
You're doing the Lord's work.
I try not to spam myself nowadays, but [email protected] has great photos, of course, but I also have a good bit of educational and scientific content and places you can go visit in person.
I post daily, so if you have even a remote interest in beautiful killer birds, give it a look. I just did another ELI5 research paper write up today, and with 250 types of owls, I can guarantee you stuff you've never seen before!
I appreciate you and the owls
Glad to hear it! It's fun always finding new things to share.
I am really glad itβs fun to you because i really enjoy your posts and i hope they never stop! :D
I'm hearing from so many new people today! I knew there had to be more of you out there!
Always feel free to chime in with a question, comment, or request.
The world is a pretty shitty place right now so if you follow political communities you'll get a lot of negativity.
Interest based communities tend to be more positive since we're talking about things we love (be that pets, gardens, or TTRPGs)
It is perfectly fair for you to feel unable to cope with negativity though, so feel no guilt if you just want a feed full of cat pictures.
I mostly subscribe to tech and news, which is mostly sad. I get suggestions to subscribe to Cyanide and Happiness which is supposed to be sad (I guess). Interesting suggestions, thanks π
Art communities are usually encouraging
Thanks. Any suggestions in particular ?
[email protected]. This one has a rather prolific mod, craftyindividual, who not only single-handedly keeps up the community but also posts a large variety of artwork.
Haha. I moderate [email protected]
But there's a great one called art share. Another is traditional art.
There's some great communities