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Leveraging modern internet to socialize? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works to c/autism@lemmy.world
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Hi, since I've started using Lemmy, I've been running into the same people and having something approaching a relationship with them--even if it's mostly imaginary.

It got me to wondering if there's a community or form of community available on the internet that I haven't tried yet that might actually lead to something approaching having friends.

So far Discord has been extremely meh; but I've heard of Mastodon and Peertube and Matrix and all kinds of weird stuff that is outside the mainstream.

Anyone have better success with different protocols?

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[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago

I've had success building relationships with individual Mastodon users, interacting and commenting on each other's posts for a while, becoming mutuals, then sending a DM along the lines of

"Hey! I noticed we follow each other, and I'd like to get to know you better! What are your interests?"

and building from there. The conversation usually moves to a chat platform fairly quickly (if it manages to continue) and I've started a friendship or two that way.

Meeting people in Matrix spaces is still my go-to, though.