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Breadtube if it didn't suck.

Post videos you genuinely enjoy and want to share, duh. Celebrate the diversity of interests shared by chapochatters by posting a deep dive into Venetian kelp farming, I dunno. Also media criticism, bite-sized versions of left-wing theory, all the stuff you expected. But I am curious about that kelp farming thing now that you mentioned it.

Low effort / spam videos might be removed, especially weeb content.

There is a cytube that you can paste videos into and watch with whoever happens to be around. It's open submission unless there's something important to commandeer it with at the time.

A weekly watch party happens every Saturday (Sunday down under), with video nominations Saturday-Monday, voting Monday-Thursday. See the pin for whatever stage it's currently in.

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[–] Egon@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's sadly a bit of a toughie. I know a lot of jexbear users have made effortposts on quite a lot of subjects, so my first go to is to search thru Hexbear for effortposts with good sources. It's sadly not ideal. I know the user u/robinn2 has made a carrd on Xinjiang, which is often used. you could consider making a carrd on another common subject and help that way. While that does not help you, it helps the next one

[–] IzyaKatzmann@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah, the cards are a good idea. If I could ask about your experiences to get a better idea of a potential solution:

  • Is searching through lemmy/hexbear preferable due to the interface, or how the information is presented?
  • Did you go to hexbear first due to your familiarity with it or because it was what first came to mind?
  • Do you usually look for this info on your phone?
  • Is some info good but you'd have to reformat it so you don't end up using it?
  • Do you ever put stuff that's good in your own words?
  • Do you find the formatting (headings, subheadings, bold, etc.) to be helpful in navigating and finding the stuff you are looking for when you have like a huge effortpost?
[–] Egon@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago
  • I usually both search on Google withe site:hexbear.net and on Hexbear itself. On Google I am moreso looking for keywords. Hexbear weights upvotes more, and oftentimes a good effortpost has received a lot of upvotes, where Google gives more of everything, but both needs a lot of finagling to be useful.
  • Hexbear due to familiarity.
  • I'm usually posting from phone, so unless it's an effortpost I stay there. For a good infogathering it's on pc tho.
  • Most info needs reformatting (adding linktext for example) so it's rarely something I think of. When it's just a quick message I just link the person to the thread. I always rephrase if I'm making a new effortpost.
  • If I make new effortpost yeah, otherwise I usually just repost the info as is - with minor tweaks.
  • Yes! Good formatting is a lifesaver