Best places to hang out on the net?

Question

Lately I feel like more and more trends happen without me knowing about it. I'm just not built for Tiktok and this unidirectional trend of consumption from which the internet was supposed to free us.Discussion on the internet is becoming more fragmented again (a good thing), but our search tools no longer effectively uncover this discussion. For now, I rely on a network of people as my "search engine", using communities as a way to understand and stay on top of trends in various interests of mine.What are some cool places on the internet where you like to hang out and learn/share new things?

openfuture · Accepted Answer

Matrix is the place. It's FOSS. It works pretty decent. There are people there.
Here; join guix: https://matrix.to/#/#guix-space:matrix.org
Anyone out there know if there is a lisp space? It would be cool to have a huge one with all the lisp related channels.

saperyton · Answer

https://www.thinking-about-things.com and https://www.readsomethinginteresting.com are great.

z3 · Answer

Maybe you can find some free courses[1] and learn something new.[1]https://www.udemy.com/courses/free/

jonas-w · Answer

Definitely Mastodon, you can find some instances on https://joinmastodon.org , there is an instance for nearly everything that could be of interest to you, but you are not restricted to your "interest bubble" where your account is and can browse/interact with all instances (except those that are blocked by the instance you chose).

DerekBickerton · Answer

Read this:https://xeiaso.net/blog/gemini-web-fear-missing-out-2020-08-...Then go here:https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/gemini.circumlunar.space/

enos_feedler · Answer

Twitter spaces. If you&rsquo;re into stock trading I&rsquo;ve found some very smart people talking about Macro economics deep into the night. It&rsquo;s the first time I felt excitement for internet in a long long time. You can be a fly on the wall or request to speak at any time. Need to find the right spaces though.

rpastuszak · Answer

I run "office hours" to chat/rant/exchange ideas/pair program. Come and say hi!https://sonnet.io/posts/hi

smoldesu · Answer

IRC is fun, if you're patient and want a more "bantz"-oriented social experience.

warrenm · Answer

I'm on some nichey subredditsHereA couple Discords (most channels muted, fwiw)A couple Slacks (again, most channels muted/unjoined)

Best places to hang out on the net?

Matrix is the place. It's FOSS. It works pretty decent. There are people there.
Here; join guix: https://matrix.to/#/#guix-space:matrix.org
Anyone out there know if there is a lisp space? It would be cool to have a huge one with all the lisp related channels.

https://www.thinking-about-things.com and https://www.readsomethinginteresting.com are great.

Maybe you can find some free courses[1] and learn something new.
[1]https://www.udemy.com/courses/free/

Read this:
https://xeiaso.net/blog/gemini-web-fear-missing-out-2020-08-...
Then go here:
https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/gemini.circumlunar.space/

I run "office hours" to chat/rant/exchange ideas/pair program. Come and say hi!
https://sonnet.io/posts/hi

IRC is fun, if you're patient and want a more "bantz"-oriented social experience.

I'm on some nichey subreddits
Here
A couple Discords (most channels muted, fwiw)
A couple Slacks (again, most channels muted/unjoined)

Best places to hang out on the net?

Matrix is the place. It's FOSS. It works pretty decent. There are people there.Here; join guix: https://matrix.to/#/#guix-space:matrix.orgAnyone out there know if there is a lisp space? It would be cool to have a huge one with all the lisp related channels.

https://www.thinking-about-things.com and https://www.readsomethinginteresting.com are great.

Maybe you can find some free courses[1] and learn something new.[1]https://www.udemy.com/courses/free/

Read this:https://xeiaso.net/blog/gemini-web-fear-missing-out-2020-08-...Then go here:https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/gemini.circumlunar.space/

I run "office hours" to chat/rant/exchange ideas/pair program. Come and say hi!https://sonnet.io/posts/hi

IRC is fun, if you're patient and want a more "bantz"-oriented social experience.

I'm on some nichey subredditsHereA couple Discords (most channels muted, fwiw)A couple Slacks (again, most channels muted/unjoined)

Matrix is the place. It's FOSS. It works pretty decent. There are people there.
Here; join guix: https://matrix.to/#/#guix-space:matrix.org
Anyone out there know if there is a lisp space? It would be cool to have a huge one with all the lisp related channels.

Maybe you can find some free courses[1] and learn something new.
[1]https://www.udemy.com/courses/free/

Read this:
https://xeiaso.net/blog/gemini-web-fear-missing-out-2020-08-...
Then go here:
https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/gemini.circumlunar.space/

I run "office hours" to chat/rant/exchange ideas/pair program. Come and say hi!
https://sonnet.io/posts/hi

I'm on some nichey subreddits
Here
A couple Discords (most channels muted, fwiw)
A couple Slacks (again, most channels muted/unjoined)