Anyone else feel like we're on the very early stages of something new? I know I'm not the first and this system has probably been active with many but it hasn't reached thousands or tens of thousands yet so it feels exciting to be here.
I just hope that this instance of social media 'Canada' doesn't turn into the hell hole that happened in other social media sites (that shall not be named)
Any ways, I'm just happy to be here and I look forward to my new landing pad on the internet.
The way /c/Canada doesnโt turn into /r/Canada is by staying and engaging
I hate to be that guy who says "this", but...this. 100%. I came across one comment somewhere on Lemmy that said something like "how we build the communities now will dictate how they are in the future". It's kind of cheesy, but I want to believe that we can build something better and more positive than reddit is/was. There's too much negativity on the internet these days.
I was excited on joining r/Canada but left a bad taste in my mouth when I got banned due to a wrong leaning comment. That turned me away for being more active in our subreddit. I hope this instance would encourage healthy discourse unlike the previous r/Canada.
I'm not from Canada so I feel like an undocumented immigrant posting here lol... but I'm really excited to be part of the greater lemmy community. I get the same feeling here as when I first got sucked into online forums many years ago.
Speaking of old school forums, I made a little community that hopefully captures some of that feeling.
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Hey there! Glad to have ya. The next forum game I'll be adding will be a map-based game of conquest, kinda like Risk, where each player controls a faction and battles it out with other players until victory is achieved. I'll be posting it shortly ๐