The only successful example I found the other day was https://old.reddit.com/r/FloatingIsFun/, now [email protected]

If a few other communities could move over there, that would help make the platform more active.

There is a banned subreddit that recently moved here (I won’t mention it to avoid them getting raided, but if you browse All you probably know which one I’m talking about), that was very interesting, and some proof that the current tools (the websites, the mobile apps, the interfaces) could work for people outside of the usual “tech / Linux / FOSS” bubble.

What do you think?

  • @ApyteleEnglish
    3•4 days ago

    I wish I could find more Healthcare workers. My computer skills make me a bit of an odd duck in hcw spaces, but the fact that there’s none on this end doesn’t help the isolation either.

    • OtterEnglish
      7•4 days ago

      We’re actually in contact with the r/Medicine moderation team over in [email protected]. We never ended up formally announcing a partnership / official status because everyone got busy, but it’s something I want to go back to at some point. There are a lot of amazing medicine/healthcare communities on Reddit that could benefit from an alternative here

      See also this post for other medical spaces: https://lemmy.ca/post/6611650

      I also think that Mastodon healthcare people could be interested in a community here, if there is a good way to reach them and let them know it exists

      • @ApyteleEnglish
        2•3 days ago

        That seems to be mostly news Articles and interested laypeople. I need a community where I can bitch about patients throwing piss and punches and me and console others with similar stories.

        • OtterEnglish
          4•3 days ago

          That’s the goal for the community eventually!

          I don’t think there are enough medical professionals making that content yet, so in the meantime I’ve been trying to share news/updates relevant to medical professionals. I’m happy to make any changes to the community to help meet those needs.

          It seems to be a chicken-egg situation like other niche communities. While it’s mostly laypeople right now, it might just need a few medical professionals to start making text posts there, and then others can find the community over time.

          I can also do more promo for it

          • @ApyteleEnglish
            4•3 days ago

            …,I’m pretty good at starting convo posts, lemme think a second before I give that a shot.