I think having a place where there are active users of a smallish social group, where the rule is "be nice!" could go a long way.
I am already expecting I'll be in #IRC most of the time, and try to always actively reply to list questions and such, when appropriate.
From Northern CA
-Tim (https://tilde.club/~timotheus/)
On 9/16/19 12:45 PM, Jon Bell wrote:
Imagine a person struggling with something really heavy, like depression or addiction. Imagine that one morning their friends manage to get them to watch a sunrise. It’s amazing. Life changing.
But you can’t see sunrises all the time. And even if you could, the novelty would wear off. As the morning wears on, and the memory of the sunrise fades, this person goes back to their normal life. Where they’re struggling again.
Many (all?) of us are overwhelmed and disheartened by today’s internet. So here’s a question to the group, as a die hard tildee. How can we make something like this last longer than a sunrise?
Love from New Zealand, Jon