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CrayonRosary@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Parenting, personal finance, relationship advice, fashion advice are topics that aren’t very popular on Lemmy… due to the network effect.

No, no. It’s because were almost entirely basement-dwelling nerds who are alone, have no kids, no money, and only wear clothes to avoid the shame of other people seeing our naked bodies.

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Emotional_Series7814@kbin.melroy.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I was always annoyed by the "LMAO everyone pathetic nerd stereotype" thing they did on Reddit, only partially because it assumed everyone was a man desperate for sex from a woman. Is this comment an attempt at a joke or a genuine assessment?

On another topic, I also remember hearing "the relationship advice subreddit is completely out of their minds" and all that stuff outside of the relationship advice subreddit itself—it's why I usually Googled articles about my problem or talked to human beings I knew in real life instead of asking on Reddit.

I used to go to fashion advice subs. Now, I still care about fashion but have figured out what I'm doing so I probably would not visit. I imagine another chilling effect is how fashion advice often involves pictures, perhaps of yourself, and the way the Fediverse works means it doesn't have to be the effort of one creepy individual to save and upload your stuff in the future, it's saved and reposted automatically so many servers that may or may not respect your delete request. It's the same reason I never posted any picture of myself on Reddit, but magnified by a ton.

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- Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Hello,
  
  Thank you for your comment!
  
  I’m actually pretty image-conscious and a lot of this manifests in putting effort into how I dress. I am also incredibly uncomfortable putting pictures of myself (yes, you can talk about fashion without selfies, but the typical “does this look good on me” post requires you post yourself. “Look at this outfit I put together” is easiest to do with your own human body, not searching online for images of each piece of clothing you put on and putting them in one image, especially because some older pieces may not have a perfectly matching online image) on social media like Reddit, let alone the Fediverse which duplicates your post to tons of servers who may or may not respect post deletions. I’d imagine this frustrates the growth of fashion, makeup, and hair communities.
  
  I was thinking more about general advice, like “what to wear for this kind of settings”, “what is the best value for money in term of brands”, “where to get your basics”, etc.
  
  I posted a few days ago on !skincareaddiction@sh.itjust.works about a product I had tried. No need to put any additional personal information.
  
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