Part of this is because of the anonymity and strong privacy aspects of the Lemmy network. I thikk a lot of the warmer 'heart' topics require sharing more personal information than a large section of the lemmy users are willing to participate in.

On the topic itself, it seems a little undefined. Reading it tonight I see a risk of the proposed community falling into a superficial lifestyle magazine type of thing. You know like the '5 best pasta dishes for a cheap night in' type articles. They can be fun, even useful, but I'm not sure thats really what you're imagining with this community.

What I've done with communities I've wanted to contribute in large ways to is search for a list of sources.

Thats helped in two ways, one its given me an ongoing source of more unique posts for that community, and secondly its helped me figure a direction of posts.

For instance c/Perth/WesternAustralia I haven't posted much Murdoch or Stokes, its not banned, i just don't like them so I don't post them. I felt it could serve as a space for smaller WA journalism as well as being an independent social media alternative community for WA. Its a continuing project though I suppose.

Could be on ways to look after your health at different stages of life, on family activities, on dealing with toddlers or teenagers, on strengthening relationships, on children and education, on asking where you might find help/support for particular issues from other people who may have experienced similar situations. Those sorts of topics.

My sense (and I could be mistaken) is that Aussie Zone is pretty head-oriented and that it might be worth adding something more heart-centred.

I enjoy the topics I find on Aussie Zone very much. It's great to see the thoughtful and intelligent comments the majority of people make but there seems to be a lack of comments where people get into the more personal areas of living.

Do you have examples of posts you'd make that don't really fit into other comms?

How are they going to do MAGA stuff without hate of any kind? Kind of like having a piss up in a dry bar.

It looks like most have already deferated from them.

Oh it's really simple: the admin doesn't follow them.

How is it even possible that with those rules of conduct it has posts?

I don't use All as much as I do Local so I'm ambivalent. That said, I would consider defederating to make a point - we do not support instances which are hypocritical and whose entire userbase is based in bigotry.

lol. no matter the party. till its not ours. no isms. yeah right.

Eh, unless they become a direct issue, I don't see us ever interacting with them. They're gonna have fun with the overwhelming dislike of their emperor on like 99% of Lemmy instances lol

Essentially, my motivation for the post is driven by the constant bombardment of hate and stupidity that comes from MAGA. Whereas on the flip side I suffer from the paradox of tolerance so there will be some hate reciprocated by me.

You may see that I often shoot my mouth off inappropriately if you look at my comments, it's been a lifelong skill of mine unfortunately but I have learned to live with it.

The instance only seems to have two active users, so you're asking us to analyse them directly:

• https://maga.place/u/ArtemZ
• https://maga.place/u/GNR_Radio

Clicked a few of their video links. Got antivaxx stuff (that isn't obviously antivax until you watch it). Going to have to delete my youtube cookies now :P

They're not enforcing their racism & xenophobia rules. Eg this

Some of their comments give me a feeling they want to sow division, whilst projecting this onto others. That's not good on an online forum.

@Gnugit@aussie.zone I assume this is your motivation? https://aussie.zone/post/31189469

Oh, I need to update my title, sorry.

feddit.online has always been de-federated from maga.place, since the beginning.

I don't really know, but I've heard there can delay in Federation syncing.

No idea how that works, but could be why upvotes aren't showing immediately.

cheers to whoever fixed something! I've got me updoots and a whole lot of messages as well

Is it? It didn't seem that way on my initial scan. I'll have another look.

Edit: Whaddaya know? It is! It's also way more customisable than Jerboa. I think I'll give it more of a go.

I thought that is what "Frontpage" is for?

Yes, which doesn't include subscriptions, only Frontpage, Local and All. I can view each comm individually, but not all subscriptions.

When you tap on the sandwich menu in the top left (the three bars) you can, among other things, select the feed you want to see.

I tried Connect on your recommendation, but I don't seem to be able to view a feed by my subscriptions. It's that possible?

Oh, i'll have to look more into that motorola. Not a brand you hear much from these days.

Yes at present it is only pixel devices 6 and up that Graphene will run on.

There will be a Motorola device coming that will ship with graphene. Last I checked it's a long way off still.

Ecosia browser might be a good one, they're going full european soon as well. Bit of a cherry on top.

I don't have the cash to be upgrading my phone very often, although funds are probably going to have to shifted around soon for it. I haven't looked at Graphene OS, everybody talks about it like it is what Google android was meant to be.

Can it be installed on any handset? I ask because I've seen a lot of comments connecting it to the google pixel. Is that the only handset its compatible with?