Libb

Welcome ;)

We’re reaching ~~260 subscribers~~ edit 3 hours later: 270 subscribers (wtf is going on?) on !journaling@sh.itjust.works, which is neat. But what I would really love to see improve is the daily user visit. It averages around 10+ based on the few previous days. What bugs me is that I’m pretty convinced more frequent posts would boost that number but at the same time if all (or most of) those posts come from me that could easily have the exact opposite effect and drive people off.

I don’t know what to do beside keep going at it for the time being. There had been a few people participating but I would love to see more comment, post and share stuff ;)

thx!

I did not create this community but I was so sad to see it hibernating for so long that, a month or so ago, I decided I would do my best to revitalize it.

Things are starting to move in the right direction but if you’re even remotely interested, or just curious, about journaling come say Hi!

We need more participants, and we don’t mind lurkers either (I was one, when I was on reddit) ;)

As an exclusive bonus, you may witness and why not participate in the creation of our new banner! What will it end up looking like? Will there even be a new banner or will it vanish in a poof of smoke in the cold and silent emptiness lemmy’s indifference?

(talk about building tension :P)

Seriously, come say hi. We have cookies*.

*: actual availability of said cookies vary depending what parallel universe you’re visiting the community from.

iNaturalist

Thx a lot, I did not know about tis website.

Je ne la suivais pas, parce que je ne la connaissais pas, mais c'est sympa même quand on a pas de jardin à soi. Du coup, je m'abonne... et je suivrai la migration si elle se produit ;)

Like others have suggested already, I have no issue imagining the apparition of new space(s) that will themselves become true alternatives to the Web. Heck, the Web itself become the success it is as an alternative to other online spaces.

A bit like with TV. I have not owned a TV since the early 00s, because I consider TV mostly crappy content that is also over-saturated with ads, two things I'm not interested in wasting my time with. Luckily, there are alternative ways to access visual content that don't require me to watch a TV. But TV still exists for people that like it.

The real question should be: will people be willing to move away from what the web is becoming/has become, the place where all their friends/family/colleagues are, in order to populate a less shitty but newer kind of space? Looking around me, I have some doubts. I remember when blogs were new and cool. The intensity/quality in some of them was great and there were large readership. Today, it's barely if anyone will click on link that doesn't point to YT (or reddit, or some other social media)... That doesn't bode well, imho.

Yeah, but i suspect you use lemmy on your phone or really only on desktop?

Desktop only.

So you’ve never had the pleasure of using one of the all great Lemmy Clients on your phone?

I downloaded such an app not long ago, to give it a shot and for some specific reason I cannot recall (maybe I was having issues displaying some content on my computer, doesn't matter much), I installed it not on the iPhone (my old eyes and I we find its screen way too cramped to our taste), but on an iPad. The app itself was rather pleasant to use, it was called Voyager if recall correctly, and I could easily see myself using it if I needed to check on Lemmy that regularly, but I don't and I already spend too much time on Lemmy when I'm on the computer. So, I removed it ;)

What do you spend your time doing on your phone?

Not much.

Heck, I don't even check the time on my phone (it's quicker to look at my wrist watch and I think it looks nicer too ;)

I have a phone because I'm expected to have one but only installed the few apps I must have access to (passwords, digital ID, security, banking & finance apps, and health). Plus, the fewer apps I find helpful on a regular basis (the city public transportation app, taxi, and the Uber app). That's about it.

The only other installed apps on the phone are those Apple won't let me remove (I grouped them on the second home screen, so I never have to look at them). There is also my cloud app/service (Filen.io) and that document scanning app I purchased so many years ago but that is still regularly updated.

Not even email is configured, there is no social app (and no YT). I also don't listen to audio messages and never answer unidentified numbers. I will sometimes listen to a podcast but since I tend to take notes while I'm listening to most podcasts I enjoy, I prefer doing it at home not when I'm out so I don't need to use the phone.

I barely use that phone. As a matter of fact, my monthly data usage amounts to a few mega, at most ;)

When I'm not busy doing something specific (which seldom requires me using that phone), I'll talk with people around me, or I will try to enjoy more my surroundings, the quietness and silence even. I also love taking long walks, going to museums, expo,...

When I really want to 'spend time' I'll still try to make something out of it, either by reading the book I carry with me, or I'll be taking personal notes or by sketching something in the notebook I also carry with me.

Sometimes it’s about capturing moments. Other times it’s about processing my shit, and just like getting it on the page and interrogating it.

I can relate ;)

Sometimes I just feel like making marks and I’ll just scratch out the alphabet or whatever nonsense comes to mind.

For me it often means sketching some silly stuff, just to empty my head and stop (over)thinking.

I have my digital stuff password-protected. And it’s not a 4 or 6-digit number one

Same here. My journal is one thing but all the other sensitive data (finance, health,...) is on an encrypted drive (my computer are both encrypted, including external drives and thumb drives), using what is for now considered a secure pw.

BTW, LibreOffice Writer has the option to use PGP for an even more secure encryption than its default password thingy (which should be OK for most of us, I suppose). One just needs to have installed/configured a PGP key pair on the computer.

even the worst sketches really help capture a moment

100%. And not just the moment itself but the mood I was in too as I don't (badly) sketch the same when I'm happy, angry, worried, or whatever.