Please do! I haven’t been here long but I’ve noticed that the most popular stuff on lemmy tends to be political or inflammatory (which seems to be true for other social media platforms too). I’m sort of making it a mission to try and share positive and wholesome stuff, or just things I generally find to be “cool” or interesting 🙂

That sounds like a pain, I’m sorry. A lorry is like a rickshaw?

Stay safe out there today!

That’s lovely! Where are you going?

I have a lot to say here! Permission to DM you in the morning? I posted when I should’ve been sleeping and now I’m about to lose consciousness lol.

You absolutely are not worthless btw and I’m really sorry you’ve been feeling that way. Just this message alone has an impact and made my night a little better. Thank you for engaging with my post :)

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I don’t know if there’s a universal agreed-upon definition, but I’ve always considered lit fic to be character-driven stories that portray complex themes/topics about the human condition. Essentially explorations of characters, emotions, life, humanity, relationships, and society through a lens of fiction that is (usually) based in the real world!

Today is my first day here and I’ve mostly just been wandering hobby/interest groups!

I think the biggest barrier for new users is that the whole system here is pretty complicated with the “decentralized” model. I don’t really understand what it means or how it works, what the difference between the various servers are, or what to join or even which app to download. There are a lot of options and complicated technical terms (like “federated”, “fediverse”) you need to research just so you can sign up. The fact that you have to write all of these explanations about it doesn’t really help. A platform like reddit (which I migrated from) is clean, easy to understand, and makes sense to the casual user.

As for the political stuff, I think people here should engage more with positive content. We should make the wholesome, fun stuff popular because it’s appealing. Post about the cool/funny/awesome/interesting stuff you encounter every day; talk about the arts, your hobbies, your funny life fuck ups, your non-serious relationship woes, your pets, etc.! In my exploration today I noticed those kinds of communities barely get any interaction whereas the news/political ones are always active.