Lemmy Today

Another beautiful spring day.

Sun’s out, the breeze is soft, and I’m out front doing something that’s become one of my favorite little rituals, which is tidying up the Little Free Library I installed by the sidewalk in front of my house.

If you’ve never seen one, a Little Free Library is a smal sharing library where anyone can take a book or leave one. That’s it. No strings, no rules, just a quiet kind of exchange that runs on trust and goodwill.

Mine's been up for a while now, and it stays pretty busy. People stop by all the time while on walks, with their kids, sometimes just pausing for a minute on their way home from work.

Today, I wiped down the shelves, rearranged a few of the paperbacks, pulled out a damaged book that had clearly seen better days, and tucked in a few fresh titles I had lying around.

Nothing complicated.

But there's something really peaceful about it. It feels good to care for something that belongs to everyone, in a way. And knowing that strangers are finding stories, passing them on, maybe even discovering a new favorite book right here on my lawn.

Makes the world feel a little more connected. A quiet, steady feeling of doing something that matters in a small way.

On a day like this, it’s enough. :)

Sometimes I think people forget how much Lemmy users have incommon, and we just focus on the differences.

Lets look at some introduction letters from users lately who joined this instance:

I'm a technoligist based out of the United States. I want to explore the fediverse protocols, so I'm trying Lemmy and ActivityPub. Also, I jumped off Reddit when they began restricting API access heavily and have been looking for a link-aggregator alternative ever since.

I am an astronomer, nature lover in heart. I am tired of using apps and websites from companies spying on us and owning basically everything. I will be happy to switch from reddit to lemmy. I am curious though how do you know that a bot cannot write such a text.

Great interest in knowledge and competency building through balanced use of technology. I am currently in the process of moving away from the tech giants and their madness.

Reddit sucks now, want a decentralized, not profit driven alternative

I am a concerned citizen of a country run by Nazis and I am trying to escape most social media sites that harvest our data, I have been pointed in this direction by a privacy enthusiast who said this is the land of the free, Or something like that.

I am a longtime (15 years) reddit user, and I am looking for alternatives that are not driven by corporate interests.

We all really want the same thing. I also want the same thing, which is why I run this instance.

You are all part of a growing community of people who dont want the typical social media experience from ad-funded big tech companies who only care about profits. I think thats really cool.

Thanks for being part of Lemmy guys. :)