I taught my daughters the usual logical fallacies from a young age. While doing that I learned that while occasionally, they appear in pristine form (looking at you, Slippery Slope and No True Scotsman), usually, they come rather nuanced, often clustered together, and difficult to identify.

A great way to get good at them is watch Fox News and identify them as they come. You can watch other networks and find them, but for a constant stream, Fox is a goldmine.

I live in Japan. I could wave money around begging for a copyright owner to take it, but they refuse to take it and I can’t access the content.

Good counter metaphor. When Audible disappears my book, and I can’t do anything about it, that is theft.

When corporations write the laws, the laws help corporation.

It’s good. It has the pre-Digg.com migration vibe that early Reddit had. Niche communities are hard to get started, but that’s to be expected.

Lots of positivity.

If all they’re shooting is bad jokes, I’m in.

I mod a 21 thousand member sub on Reddit and opened a similar one here. I put several relevant posts to get things started and let people on the sub know we are here with a tutorial on how to sign up and explanation on why it is good to have an alternate.

I now have about 20 members, a few coming each day. However no one has posted or replied at all.

Another community I created has a similar result.

I know there is a threshold of activity that stimulates more activity, but so far its not happening. I’ve started many active subreddits, including one in the 1% with half a million subscribers. I’m not new to community building. I’m honestly concerned.

I want to encourage everyone to post and comment in the little communities you have joined. You will be contributing to this whole project when you do.

The first I tried was Lemmy.ml. I applied and didn’t hear back. So I joined Lemmy.world and registered immediately.

People from other countries are also much easier to get to know. After that it’s Norwegians who have experience abroad. But clubs and classes definitely work.

You need to join a club or take a class. That is the Norwegian way of breaking the silence. Instant connection.