Good breakdown. I might end up using it on my next desktop

Similar content as r/Chicago. Also maybe make a mention of the forum in the comments of one of the main midwest.social welcome posts to attract more eyeballs as people first venture into Lemmy…

We are the most populated city in the midwest, and stand to have the largest userbase but the lack of content means our channel is harder to find, which becomes is a self-reinforcing issue.

It’s a great read but a lot to books! Enjoy!

From Chicago. I made the plunge to Mastodon (and here) after the Reddit shenanigans and just seeing the repeated bad-faith policies by Twitter. I have been using redirector and libredirect for the last month or two to actively decide who I give my data to just as a fun experiment into best practices.

I think it’s slowly starting to be clear that this type of setup will be the way forward for the more tech-savvy, privacy-focused users, and hopefully/eventually it hits the mainstream as well, but otherwise, it’s just self-selecting into the type of people I want to be around, which will probably be better for my mental health anyways.

I’m into cycling, trading, sci-fi and FOSS. Currently reading The Expanse and taking a sabbatical year from work

Edit: Just want to encourage people to engage w/ and create content over the next few weeks. Activity and friendly faces are probably the most determining factor in whether someone becomes an active user or just browses for a few minutes