#online community

[unbfacts]

[thoughtportal]

[spiritussancto1]

Doomscrolling on TikTok on the night of its execution is such a specific mood. everyone is saying goodbye and thank you and look how far we've come. that you people are my family and I'd never have survived without you and please don't lose these connections and community. I tried to post and the app crashed and it would only be gone into the ether tomorrow so I'm screaming into the void over here I guess. this isn't ok.

we're going to rednote in protest. tomorrow. tomorrow we rebuild. tonight we violate ALL the community guidelines and virtually hug and we save what we can. I'm frantically following all my favourite creators elsewhere so we can recreate community when the dust settles a bit.

I love you all.

[con9103]

Hi I have created this survey based on the SCI-1 modified for online communities to work out does the Dan and Phil fandom meet the requirements to be considered a community in its own right.

I'm studying the fandom for my dissertation and this would be really helpful information to gain <3

I will share the results when there's enough responses *hopefully*

! anyone can answer it's anonymous and not age restricted !

[bloodsugarsuckerfishy]

!!! FORMING A GAL CIRCLE !!!

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Hello! TYSM for clicking on this post please give a chance to read it or just boost in order to support it, it would be sm(even if your not interested). (ToT) <3 I've been trying for a while to form a gyaru circle in Maryland (the more populated area's of the state) without social media because it's more safe but it's proven a challenge soo I'm trying online (only a few people have been found)! My goal here is to create a community for gyarus in Md or just anywhere in the states!

There don't seem to be many Gal-circles in the US so it may present a challenge, but it's still very doable! A good example of a successful gyaru circle in the west is a group based on the East Coast of the USA; 109-DEGREES (They're super cool and have great style and are on insta!)

What will we be doing as gal circle?

-Building a community and finding new friendships

-Sharing gyaru content and just having fun with talking abt gyaru and the message and culture behind it!

-To go out and do Gyaru activities as a group!

Is this group for you?

[solarpunkpresentspodcast]

Happy 2025, friends. We are excited to announce that we are rolling out a new Patreon tier... and it's only $1 USD! With this tier, you can access our new monthly video call / hangout, a perk that is included with all other tiers now. Ariel and Christina will alternate hosting these chats in their respective time zones, using the Jitsi video platform, and each hangout will have a loose theme or a few questions to get the conversational ball rolling - although it's certainly not required to stick to the topic ;)

I don't think any of us can say for certain what 2025 will bring, but it's getting real dark out there, and there's a lot that actively tries to break us up due to gender, race, class, etc so we stay in our own little silos and can't organize or even converse together. So we want to be intentional about curating community, especially amongst our followers and fellow solarpunks.

Anyway, here is the link to our Patreon, where you can check out our shiny new $1 tier if you are so inclined: https://www.patreon.com/solarpunkpresents

Hope to see you online later this month!

[lightasthesun]

I think something that's often fundamentally misunderstood is teens and young adults appearing to always be on their phones.

It's not necessarily laziness or whatever other negative trait it has been connected to. For many people it's a safe place. The one safe place they have. It's where you go to seek refuge from your natural environment. Especially for neurodivergents, queers, victims of abuse and bullying, and people with disabilities.

You make friends and build your own community, you make memories, you share art, you share life experiences with like-minded people that may be in similar situations and you feel understood. You feel accepted and not judged. You feel loved.

Real life is rough and can be painful but our smartphones offer a different door for us. A door that leads to fandom, to music, to art, to passion and refuge.

So yes of course you choose to spend a majority of your time on your smartphone. Of course you would choose to feel safe and loved. Of course.

It's dry of judgement, it's filled with the warmth of a community that accepts you as you are, it fills your tummy with joy, with thrill, with excitement and love and it provides a safe haven like a roof over your head.

Of course this is where you want to be.

It's home.

[myfandomrealitea]

That discord server post made me remember the stark difference between Serverstuck (a minor populated server) and Degrees of Lewdity (strict adult-only server)

Serverstuck has the worst mods and owner I've seen because they're all Antis and abuse the rules by excusing anyone who are close to them & punishing others who are strangers, lying to people on why some got banned, and allowed sensitive political topic go unregulated

Degrees of Lewdity, despite filled with people who has crude & cursed-level sense of humor, has strict mods & owner, write the correct information on why some people are banned or muted (they even allow users to request to be ban from the server for mental health reasons), and immediately shut down any conversation of sensitive political topics that cause infighting between members

I feel safer in a server for an adult game development than a "minor friendly" homestuck rp server

While I do welcome servers that have a mixed age range, I don't think I've ever or will ever join a server moderated or owned by someone who is either/both an anti or a minor.

To run or moderate a server you need to be impartial, objective, socially aware, able to appropriately manage conflict and relatively socially seasoned. I've personally found most minors often lack or are incapable of most if not all of these qualities.

(And that's not me hating on minors or calling them ignorant. Some of those qualities are just things you learn or develop with age and time. Some adults never learn them at all, even, but they are qualities you need if you're going to, essentially, be in charge of other people.)

Sephiroth's Server Safety Tips

Always do a thorough check into who is advertising the server, who owns the server, and other members before joining a server where possible.

Once you've joined the server, immediately use the search function to look for key words related to topics you want to avoid, possible past conflict, bullying, ect.

Immediately check the server rules. Its a red flag in itself if the server doesn't have any. Also, 'just be nice' is not a rule. Servers should have clear, clean cut rules and regulations.

Don't be afraid to message server owners, moderators or users privately and ask questions. They shouldn't get offended and if they can't or won't answer questions about basic rules, server safety protocols, ect, you should reconsider joining.

Don't be afraid to ask around other people to see if the server is known or has a reputation, either. If a server is based on a specific fandom, for example, search through that fandom for any past mentions of the server or ask other fans if they've heard of it.

[virtualpopstarenglish]

Its raffle time! Remember to join under the correct gender your account is ✨

[grasponreality]

it doesn't matter what people in the "fandom" think - keep doing whatever the fuck you want

they say your fan art is cringe? it doesn't matter

they don't think you should be writing THAT type of fanfiction? it doesn't matter

they have some sort of moral objection to a ship you like or a personal head cannon or something else you enjoy? it doesn't fucking matter

just do whatever you want

don't bother having tedious "discourse" about it, don't bother trying to justify yourself to anyone, and don't get stressed out over strangers on the internet who want to police the way you interact with your favorite media.

I say this as an old woman who has used Tumblr on-and-off for the past 10+ years. None of it matters. The petty arguments, the rules and guidelines they try to impose on you, the self-righteous call-out posts about innocuous bullshit - tune it all out. it doesn't matter, it never mattered, and it never will.

[ad0xa]

Pixel doll community's

I've always felt they were like towns. I guess it's in the name "community" right. But even more than any other forum around a certain topic. A pixel doll site has economy, work. I mean the core gameplay is basically Capitalism TM. And they really feel like towns. With what every forum has too, it's own culture and rules. And we split off to build new towns. We try to fix the corrupt ones but after a while we just give up and think "Well... maybe we can make one *better*. Clean. Without the drama and conflict and corruption? A fresh start. " So we build. And it burns. And we build again. It's very human.

And on another note, our Pixel doll towns are very queer. It's towns run by women and queer people. Very few cis men are to be seen. If you'd ever wonder how society would look without a patriarchy it would probably look something like a pixel doll forum site. Or maybe that's not true... bc behind every Admin queen and her court of Moderators. There are the programmers. Usually cis men XD But I'm not sure that has anything to do with why they keep falling... Maybe this time, we'll make it better. A fresh start? ♥~

[caw4brandon]

The City of Durarara!!

Imagine, you are a newbie who just got an opportunity to attend a new school in a new city. A fresh start in a new chapter of your life but, you are still the same old you.

There are no familiar faces here. You just showed up via the bus or the train, carrying your heavy suitcase. Stumbling about and trying your best to follow the flow of the crowd to your new home. You live in an age where yes, you have a phone to check everything but the place is much more complex than you thought.

Hence, you are very, very, lost.

That is Mikado Ryūgamine's first day in the bustling city of Ikebukuro and the subject for today. The show famously known to have 15 (give or take) main characters co-existing in a space. Developing their own stories while another story unfolds in the back.

- I Love Humans! -

< Durarara!!/ DRRR!! > by Ryōgo Narita; Follows a cast of ordinary characters who reside in Ikebukuro. A lively city known for its nightlife and as a hub for all things Otaku-related. The city is currently a home for our main character; Mikado who just moved in and is about to attend a new school with his childhood best friend; Masaomi Kida.

Elsewhere, we follow a mysterious and non-verbal biker lady who just rescued Rio Kamichika from a kidnapping. Taking her to a secluded building rooftop to "end things".

Somewhere else, Shizuo Heiwajima is throwing a fit at a random man who owes him money. Causing a scene by throwing a venting machine into the sky. Scaring the pedestrians. This, is < DRRR > in just a few minutes. A large mix of events happening all at once at separate parts of the city.

As Kida guides Mikado, he provides some exposition of what's been going on in Ikebukuro. Mentioning that there has been a new gang in town right after the city survived another previously. Kida runs into some of his friends; Kyouhei Kadota, Walker Yumasaki, Erika Karisawa, and Saburo Togusa.

Meanwhile, Rio got to the roof and encountered her online friend; Nakura whom she contacted to make a suicide pact. But it was revealed that her kidnaping was a ploy by Izaya Orihara who wanted nothing more but to mess with her. Rounding up, Kida and Mikado witnessed a famous city urban legend. The mysterious biker lady called; The Headless Rider.

-We are...Dollars! -

Several key pieces are driving the plot for < Durarara > forward. Firstly, we have the everyday life of Kida and Mikado. School students in Raira Academy with their new best friend; Anri Sonohara who has secrets of her own.

Next, we have the questionable love story of the Headless Rider; Celty Sturluson. An odd-job transporter with her partner; Shinra Kishitani an underground doctor. Both are on a quest to find Celty's missing head.

Then, we have the ongoing gang wars that Kida mentioned. Since a new gang; The Dollars started showing up. The further we follow our characters, the deeper the relations go to the point where you need a chart for who is who. Yet, the show is rather comprehensive.

< DRRR > is actually a story about no one and everyone. It takes place in a location where everyone has a story. No matter if you are interested in the gang war, a twisted love story between certain characters or the simpleton life of the Van gang.

Perhaps you like a good ole beatdown action, or maybe. You like something a little bit supernatural regarding several slasher cases. There is something for everyone and while some of the parts may not interest you as much. The threads eventually cross paths. Leading to a big Crescendo~

- The World isn't as Cruel -

One of the most consistent themes seen in all of < Durarara > is the theme of making connections. As the audience, we get to see the characters being much closer than they make it out to be.

In a chatgroup. The characters take on differing identities and exchange information to help one another. Not realizing that they chatted about it a while ago. Perhaps the most encouraging thing about the show is how it uses the word "gang".

To join a gang often comes from a desire to find a sense of belonging. As mentioned, The Dollars are a new gang but the peculiar fact is, they are a colourless and leaderless gang. Sure, factions among them can exist. But no one has the power to control each other. Anyways, the gang is often seen to have done both good and bad to their respective communities.

Ikebukuro is crowded with countless activities going on in the light and in the dark. How our characters react to it determines the outcome. Despite the show has already declared itself as ended.

I personally think it's not a definitive end. Because the ending is not the point. < Durarara > is a show about people and how people deal with complex situations in their daily lives both personally and externally as a community. Perhaps its also a good display of how we are more interested the lives of someone else rather than our own.

To wrap this up, I just want to say that this show displayed the true power of an online community. It's a stroke of genius on the power we have as a collective to make change to our communities. That is what < Durarara > is about!

[ottopilot-sfw]

It's been a strange couple weeks for a man named after an inflatable pilot from a 40-year-old movie.

I've mentioned how the U.S. Presidential election, after a brief period of sadness, left me angry. Mostly a good, productive outrage, but I have a really strong intolerance for injustice. I can try to focus that anger on getting my shit in order, but an event that shakes your confidence in the direction of the world can leave you disconnected.

So it's strange that after six months back on Tumblr, where I regularly chatted with one person, people wanted to talk to me. Me! And sometimes, to talk about my writing!

For context, I'm confident with professional written communication, and sure, I've had stories in my head since I was a kid. But I've also *never* been disciplined at it. 6,000 word stories where I'd outlined a plot and developed characters? That's a recent development.

The double-edged sword of being good with words is you can wing it and do a decent job on the fly. So the idea that people would think I was any good at it was hard to process for someone who's just accepted they're a hack.

I also abandoned Twitter this week and moved to Bluesky. I haven't been on Twitter in about a year, but I used to be a pretty heavy user. I had forgotten how many public figures and experts in certain areas, people I look up to, followed me. I thought I would go back into relative obscurity when I signed up on Bluesky, but a lot of the same people followed me back. And I reconnected with some of my communities, a bunch of people I consider friends that I hadn't been in touch with for a while.

My point is this: I've always thought of myself here, and elsewhere online, as just some dude. It's not like Facebook, where those are people I know in real life. It's easy to fall into the trap that you are insignificant, that you don't really matter, that your presence isn't missed. Especially if you already have heavy imposter syndrome.

It seems like that's not the case though. People are interested in what I have to say, apparently, and that brings a kind of responsibility. If people are going to read my words and ask for my opinions, I should stop acting like they don't matter.

I'm going to keep working on that. Next, I'll look at accepting compliments, because I'm not very good at that either.

[worldnews90]

United States Quarter-Century Teams selected by NHL.com during 4 Nations Face-Off.

The 4 Nations Face-Off is currently taking place in Montreal and Boston until Feb. 20. It is a best-on-best tournament with teams from Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States featuring NHL players only.

To get fans ready for the 4 Nations Face-Off and to help celebrate the past quarter-century, NHL.com will be naming Quarter-Century Teams for each of the four nations.

Today, we present the First and Second Quarter-Century Teams for the United States, as selected by U.S.-based NHL.com staff writers Bill Douglas, Nicholas J. Cotsonika and Dan Rosen. The players, listed in alphabetical order, were judged based on their NHL stats and international contributions from Jan. 1, 2000, to Dec. 31, 2024.

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[mymybeloved]

Discord server recommendations???