I started a c/ for owncast and peertube [email protected] . so far its just been me and a bot generating content for it. the bot just post stats of who has the most hours streamed and most views, along with those that streamed most recently at the time a post was made.

I pinned a comment of a curated list of fediverse streamers (their stream url and mastodon handle), https://lemmy.world/post/26651394 . the list excludes and radio and TV streams and the streamers are people that you can interact with

Its a work in progress. but it should give more engagement with lemmy, also I am open to suggestions.

not something id want to do but id suggest a twitch community, since the twitch subreddit is a really big community

I've organized consolidation, before there were two semi-active ones, on Lemmy.world and on Fedia.io , so I talked with the mods and they have agreed to consolidate. If you're interested in customizing your Firefox you can join it at [email protected]

I was looking around, and realised we don't have a single functioning equivalent to r/PhotoshopBattles. On a quick search:

• [email protected] - Completely empty and unmoderated
• [email protected] - Dormant for 2 years (with a mod who hasn't posted or commented on lemmy in 2 years)
• [email protected] - Finnish instance, but the newest post is from 6 months ago
• [email protected] - Dormant for 2 years (mod dormant for 1 year)

We should revive the lemm.ee instance, but imo there is merit to starting afresh with a name that isn't tied to a proprietary closed-source piece of software, like image edits or editbattles

If there's anyone who's interested, please take it up. I don't mind being a mod, but I can't be the main (let's be real, sole) contributor right now. I've got my hands full with [email protected], and that's just putting text on images, not even close to realistic edits like this demands.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26689232

Fireside Fedi - Episode 5 - Johannes - FediForum

Welcome Fedi Friends to the episode 5 of Fireside Fedi! I'm your host ozoned. Fireside Fedi is a show about folks within the Fediverse. If you're seeing this, you are a part of the Fediverse.

With me today is Johannes! I met Johannes when I found out about the FediForum. FediForum is the "unconference for the people who move the open social web forward." I want to read Johanne's description on his j12t.org page as I just love it:

"I believe the world is better if people are in control of their own destiny. In technology, that means we need to control our data, freely choose the software we use with our data and fairly negotiate the terms by which we interact with others, including which data is and isn't shared. Not a fan of overlords, in politics and in technology.

Very excited about the opportunities on the resurging open social web / the Fediverse. Also: Facts matter. Empathy, inclusion, opportunity."

Johannes' impressive current list of projects include Dazzle Labs, FediDevs, FediForum, FedTest and UBOS. As well as many other and previous projects.

https://j12t.org/ https://fediforum.org/ https://dazzlelabs.net/ https://fedidevs.org/ https://feditest.org/ https://ubos.net/ BLOG: https://reb00ted.org/ Mastodon: @[email protected] Mother of All Demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY

https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/2n4KHG3NZs3vxNGmt51jPd https://audio.firesidefedi.live/@firesidefedi/episodes/johannes-fediforum

Didn't think about it before, but saw this thread: https://lemmy.world/post/26747873

Lemmy tends to have duplicate communities between different instances for many subjects, and this can make it hard to find information here. For instance, if i want to know if anyone has made a constructed language for birds, i have to go to the communities list and search for “conlang” and “constructed language”, open every relevant community i find, and search each of those.

The Lemmy search feature quite good, but having all the knowledge about one topic on one community makes it even better

There is a GitHub issue, but no planned deadline: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/818

[email protected]

I mod and post at [email protected].

There is also [email protected], it has much more subs (~5K), but a lot less engagement. The ML community's mod also seems to have deleted their account?

I am not acquainted with the process for community consolidation and I am not sure if ML takes part in such initiatives. Do I need to reach out to the ML admins? What would be the next step if I wanted to propose [email protected] to be merged into [email protected] ?

Searching lemmyverse.net yields the following:

• [email protected]
• [email protected]

Both communities are actively moderated, but lemdro.id has much more activity. I think consolidating towards lemdro.id would be the best option in this case.

Writing prompts has consolidated from lemmy.world to literature.cafe!

[email protected]

We encourage the government to explore publicly accountable alternatives, including decentralised networks...

I personally love arcade racing games, but I found no community on Lemmy. There is a need for speed community, but it looks dead. Is anyone else passionate about arcade racing games and would be interested in this?

Searching lemmyverse.net yields the following:

• [email protected]
• [email protected]
• [email protected]

None of the communities are actively moderated, and only .world has activity in the past month.

Is this a case where consolidation towards .world is permissible, or would it be wiser to consolidate towards one of the smaller instances?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25393337

⚠️ Disclaimer: These aren't the best or only horror communities on Lemmy; they're just the ones I and others moderate. For more groups, use this link or the search bar. (Also, post below)⚠️

[email protected]

H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos is a shared universe far larger and more terrifying than that of humanity, where ancient, malevolent beings known as the Great Old Ones slumber in the depths of space or time. After Lovecraft’s death, the Mythos has been expanded and developed by many authors, including August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard. These and many other authors have helped to flesh out the Mythos into a rich and complex Dark Universe.

[email protected]

A community to discuss Cosmic Horror in it’s many forms; books, films, comics, art, TV, music, RPGs, video games etc.

“cosmic horror… is a subgenre of horror fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible more than gore or other elements of shock… themes of cosmic dread, forbidden and dangerous knowledge, madness, non-human influences on humanity, religion and superstition, fate and inevitability, and the risks associated with scientific discoveries… the sense that ordinary life is a thin shell over a reality that is so alien and abstract in comparison that merely contemplating it would damage the sanity of the ordinary person, insignificance and powerlessness at the cosmic scale…”

[email protected]

Our community shares lore-inspired content, links, and memes based on the SCP Fan-fiction universe.

[email protected]

For all your horror movie needs.

[email protected]

Horror book discussion, requests, news, trivia, best of, worst of, etc. All-inclusive horror literature community.

[email protected]

Analog horror can be seen as a descendant of creepypasta and found footage films. It draws inspiration from earlier works like The Blair Witch Project and The Ring, which utilized similar themes of manipulated media and unsettling narratives. The genre gained traction with the success of Local 58, No Through Road, and Gemini Home Entertainment. It is characterized by its use of low-fidelity visuals, cryptic messages, and a nostalgic aesthetic reminiscent of late 20th-century television and analog media, often set between the 1960s and 1990s

[email protected]

A creepypasta is a horror-related legend which has been shared around the Internet. The term creepypasta has since become a catch-all term for any horror content posted onto the Internet.

These are just a couple communities i've fond online, feel free to add more below.

[email protected]

The title should be the first sentence, while the body should be the second.

[email protected]

This is a community for sharing your favorite stories from any tabletop game you’ve experienced!

[email protected]

Hey storytellers! 📖 Welcome to our cozy corner for short stories – whether you’re spinning your own yarns or diving into favorites. Grab a virtual seat, share your quick tales, and soak up the creativity. From original gems to cherished classics, let’s have a blast with bite-sized narratives. It’s all about the love of short stories and the joy of sharing. Join the fun!

[email protected]

A community for sharing short scary stories.

[email protected]

Is there a way to access engagement stats for a community to make a (daily) time series? Something along the lines of exporting data ever 24 hours at 2:00 UTC.

This is the data I am referring to:

Perhaps an API of some sort. A formal method that goes beyond writing a scrapper.

Proposal to consolidate [email protected] into [email protected].

World community has less activity and is not actively moderated. SDF Org instance is stable and well-federated.

[email protected] and [email protected] are both small, but moderated by active users.

Opinions on which should be the main one?

We've been working on these for some time, and with the recent uptick in signups, we tried to finish up the first few pages so that new users could use them.

You can find them all on fedecan.ca under Guides & Resources. For those that are not familiar, this is the website for the non-profit (Fedecan) that manages lemmy.ca.

We're planning to gather some feedback on the technical Fediverse communities first, before sharing the guides more broadly, in order to catch any issues early.

If you want to add to them, feel free to reach out, and we can help you coordinate if someone else is also working on it.

The new sections:

• What is the Fediverse?
• Getting started with Lemmy
• How does Lemmy work (in detail)
• How to find communities on Lemmy
• Mobile Apps for Lemmy
• Lemmy Alternative UIs

Sections that are incomplete and relevant to new users. We have some work in progress for these, and hope to have them out soon:

• Lemmy Privacy and Security
• How to open something in my instance
• How do I block a user, community, or instance

A previously written section that didn't get posted about yet (thank you to Rooki):

• https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/markdown

Future plans include

• Guides for Moderators
  • Set up a new community (best practices for name, sidebar, image, banner, and getting it federated outwards)
  • Moderation Best Practices
• Guides for Admins
  • Information on our infrastructure and setup