Because the instance is dedicated to pictures of owls and it delivers on that mission. I don't even like owls all that much, but it's like one the last few consistent things in my life.
I wasn't going to say anything here, because I've been trying to self promote less now that we're a big enough group, but that so many upvoted this without any kind of promoting felt really nice.
Especially from someone like you who has stuck around a long time now without even being super interested in the subject matter tells me I'm doing something right.
I have a hard time thinking I ever accomplish much of anything important, but a number of you have said some really nice things the last week or so and it's meant a lot to me. I try my best to show that appreciation back, and I hope I do that.
And I'll always argue that even though I provide most of the posts, it wouldn't be a fun place without all of you that do come and comment or just keep the place active and a generally good place to be. It encourages me to keep giving it my best efforts even if I'm not typically a super social person. You're a really great group and I feel fortunate you share your time with me.
Hey fun fact I actually confirmed chicuahtli is the barred owl in Nahuatl after finding the word chichtli for barn owl.
It's still a mess online sorting it out when doing searches for it and I haven't cross referenced versus other dialects.
Regardless keep posting owl pics. I've been doing Codex research for fun and found a good source for images. I'll start keeping note of where I find owls and reach out later.
i'm your stereotypical reddit trio: tech, politics & shiposting/memes so i do communities like badposting or us news & politics and linux and i prefer these over the alternatives because of the engagement.
here's a dead community ran by some asshole mod who never contributes anything anymore: !howtimeless@lemmy.ml
Essentially it goes through the lyrics of various songs and tries to pinpoint how timeless the lyrics are based on their etymology. The further back in time the song can be taken, the more timeless it is. The analysis is in the comments, not the post text.
Like I said, the mod's an asshole, so just best to avoid it completely if you can
sounds like a sync issue. federated links don't direct you away from your instance so you can actually interact with the communities being linked to no matter what activity pub software you're using.
Lemmy users have a bad habit of using local links which are next to useless unless you're on the same instance.