Yes you’re right about that and it should be pointed out. Having to choose a server is unavoidable. Having multiple servers is one of the best features of lemmy and the fediverse. Putting effort in to explaining it in simple terms would help eliminate some of the confusion.

My suggestion that there should be an atheist community was mostly in jest. It’s been my experience that atheists aren’t interested in talking about atheism. I share your observations about existing atheist groups. It would make more sense to create a group to discuss non-spiritual explanations for why we are here. Again, just kidding. I don’t think anyone has a such an explanation.

It’s interesting the most of the comments are from atheists. Maybe there should an atheist community as well although it would be better to call it something like ‘not a theist’ as the term atheist has become so loaded. On the other hand atheists don’t have much to say about not being a theist as not stamp collectors don’t have much to say about not being stamp collectors.

Other than a couple of recommendations for Friendica, it looks like everyone hasn’t bothered to find a replacement that does all the same things.

Friending all your relatives on Facebook was like attending a family reunion that never ends. At first, it was great catching up with everyone you hadn’t been in contact with. Pretty soon after that, Uncle Bert would start on some political rant, Cousin Stan would try to get you to invest in some sketchy startup, and Cousin Sally would go on about a new cult she joined. The same thing would hold for an endless high reunion.

Facebook made sense for its original membership of college students. It was a great way to meet other students. You all had similar goals, experiences, and questions. Once you graduated, you all went your own way.

Social media is in its infancy in regards to how we use it. We’re still learning about what works and what doesn’t. For many of us, Facebook doesn’t, more selective, less overall encompassing communication does. It’s probably why we’re all here on Lemmy and Mastodon.

I have cousins like that.

Perhaps the best fit for the Earthling would be sharing and communicating with close life time friends and family that would have known you your whole life and remember what you said or did in your youth. It would be with them that one would want to share and reminiscence over old times and not people you just met on Beehaw as friendly they might be.

Thanks for the link. That’s almost exactly what I was envisioning. It’s great to see such a project so far along.

I remember following a few rings. There were also website that would allow you to explore other websites.

That occurred to me as I wrote it. The main difference is the controlled connectivity with other ‘web sites’. There’s also tumblr. I still have a site there, haven’t touched it in years.

Before writing the post, I thought it could be a good thing. By the time I listed all the drawbacks, I changed my mind. I made the post anyway to see what others thought. Many of you have pointed out even more issues with it. So far, no one has had anything good to say about it. Great feedback.