I want to use this community as the "general" community of this instance. There is already a much more popular Colorado community on lemmy.world, and it is unlikely that this will replace it or properly augment it in that same way.

Next, I wanted to create a community on this instance that is new and useful, not just a replication of something on other instances. The first thing that seems to not exist in its own right and makes sense on this instance is Colorado Camping and Hiking.

With all of the lemmy.world ddos attacks and the brief time when the .ml sites had trouble with their TLD status, I think it shows that a little bit of diversification is helpful.

Anyone else have an idea for a community that would make sense here?

Out near DIA was the obvious choice. Just not going to be the same, but better than no Top Fuel at all.

This progressive web app does not need a beta invite and should work on android. It is only being tested for iOS at the moment, but it is very slick so far.

The rapid pace of development on lemmy and lemmy apps is wild to be witnessing live.

I’m still getting used to it, but it already seems better than mlem. It already supports iPad and swipe to upvote/reply as well as multiple accounts.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/6jaRU6rD

I know mlem is out of beta invites, but this one is better and I think is just one dev.

Looks like RTD will be free again this summer for both July and August!

This instance will need a little more traction to be useful. I’m thinking it may be useful to collaborate on a welcome message to post on Reddit. I was thinking that the r/Colorado subreddit would be a good test as it is a much smaller community than r/Denver.

Part of my thinking is that we should advertise not as a replacement for Reddit, but an addition, and an insurance policy of sorts. Basically not to oversell it, but also not to attract everyone, just those who are curious. If we can get that up, and some of us here can add comments and some updoots, it should give some much needed visibility and that logical Colorado landing spot for those who just don't know what to do.

Welcome to Lemmy and this instance! Given that is instance is brand new, feel free to introduce yourself. If you have any suggestions for this instance, questions about the instance, or about me, feel free to ask! My goal is to be as transparent and fair as possible.

Test