hey beeple! I didn’t quite know what to title this, I apologize.

feeling a bit insecure about what would be interesting to post about here on beehaw. so, I thought I’d ask, what kind of posts interest you in the communities you’re involved in?

I personally like to learn a lot of things (provided I’m interested in the topic! school was not great for that) and like to learn from other people. for example, I’m recently dipping my toes into linux, and I’ve started doing things with self hosting (also linux…) as well as trying out new video games and such. I don’t have many people to talk about these things with, so I’d like to turn to beehaw for this, but wanted to see if people are generally discouraged by seeing if 1) the same person is posting a lot of topics and 2) that person is a newbie to what they’re posting about most of the time.

I know I can’t “win it all” per se and have everyone enjoy that kind of thing. just wanted to post a general feeling out thread of how people feel I guess? I came from reddit (unfortunately) and am still trying to grasp what a community like this is open to. since my experience on reddit was not great.

I do want to post some other things and get feedback and possibly stir up discussion if that ends up happening! I’m trying to participate hahaha.

as an additional question, somewhat related, but is there a new hobby you’ve recently gotten into?

  • EvilSarracenia@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I’m recently dipping my toes into linux

    welcome aboard :) Linux communities sometimes tend to be a bit “elitists” but they always try to help so don’t be afraid to ask even if you think it is a stupid question, 99% of people had the same problem in the past probably

    as an additional question, somewhat related, but is there a new hobby you’ve recently gotten into?

    Plants, i do not why but working with plants is very relaxing

    ps. it’s my first post on beehaw :)

    • Rin@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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      5 months ago

      welcome to beehaw!!

      thank you for letting me know. reddit was my first exposure to linux communities and I did get that vibe. but people have been nice here (even when I was talking about my “baby’s first self hosting” experiences) and I appreciate that the community is usually good about answering questions. as soon as my desktop is back and functioning, I’m going to be installing a dual boot with linux and windows 10.

      what kind of plants are you working with? I have a couple of my own, and I’ve found the planting and gardening community here very friendly too. I currently have lavender (most recent addition), aloe and haworthia.

      • EvilSarracenia@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Thank you :)

        I have some random succulents and cacti people gifted to us or born from cuttings (aloe and haworthia too) but my favorites are carnivorous plants, they are very strange and particular. Unfortunately here there isn’t a real gardening community (especially about carnivorous plants) so I’m trying with online communities, mainly on facebook. Some years ago my parents had lavender and they used to dried it and put it in small paper bags in the wardrobe as perfume, it’s very nice