Hi there, I’m new here. We were told to explore Lemmy for a class project on online communities. Is this a good place to start asking questions?
Hi there, I’m new here. We were told to explore Lemmy for a class project on online communities. Is this a good place to start asking questions?
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Reygle@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 209d
For real? That's.. odd. The internet's a very edgy place. What sort of class/grade recommended?
Sunfish@lemmus.org · 6 pts · 209d
It’s for a college writing class, we’re exploring privacy, or lack there of, in online communities. The assignment is to join a community of our choice on lemmy because of its anonymity and explore digital identity. While at the same time we’re reading the novel 1984 and connecting it to modern day privacy concerns.
Reygle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 209d
A college course reading Orwell? That's rad. I'm a tin foil hat type of person and I've gotta say, attaching to the internet alone is already pretty heinous. Even your ISP is monitoring your DNS requests, selling the info, keeping records, etc- all before a person so much as logs in to a website/platform.
IMO the hellscape of 1984 is nothing compared to what's going on in the real world.
jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 209d
6nk06@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 209d
Study this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
lettruthout@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 209d
…and what sort of questions?
j4k3@piefed.world · 5 pts · 209d
Welcome Sunfish! Are you studying Sociology?
A better place to post general questions is here: https://lemmus.org/c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
blarghly@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 209d
You've found /c/DIY , which is about, like, fixing your garbage disposal. So if you want to talk about remodelling a house, then yes, you are in the right place. For general questions, though, you should probably look for a different community.
fujiwood@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 209d
litchralee@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 209d
You might also consider !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world for general questions
6nk06@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 209d
No. RTFM.