BTW do we have any subs about fediverse/lemmy/privacy promotion?
Change wifi name to x
Chalk ads on sidewalks
Set up a free public booth and hand out food samples and pamphlets
Make song/art about fediverse
Cold emailing celebrities about x
x related shirt
Yelp reviews that are mostly positive and that “it would be nice if they had x”
holiday greeting cards
In bookstores, put privacy books in more relevant spots
When eating out, ask about their social medias, recommend x
Bumper sticker or paper printout inside of car with links
Facebook status, if have a fb
I used to live in a city with a big university library I went to often. Sometimes I left notes or hints in books I liked. Maybe one could leave a list of local instances or a pamphlet about how one can and should host their own in some admin or linux books.
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I see many people having cross posting bots stuff. Usually they treat centralized platforms as the priority and forget about their old fediverse accounts. To solve this quite simply reverse the platforms. Treat fediverse as your primary platform.
The only reason to be on YouTube or some proprietary service is to get everyone to join the fediverse and discover alt-platforms through your account. It siphons the user previously trapped in proprietary, shadow banning, legacy platform into the fediverse. Make sure to leave links in your bio or change your channel-photo/banner which suggests the same.
So for example that means posting your PeerTube videos to YouTube a week or 2 later or unfollowing everyone, archiving your account. Deleting old posts and such.
I try to do this everywhere, like opting for Matrix over Discord, Codeberg over Github, etc and not drive traffic to centralized platforms. Oh, and also redirect.invidious.io and nitter.net are cool!
Any ideas, suggestions? or do you know where else I should cross post this?
I like that, nice idea.
Nice suggestions, and a great hashtag indeed!