sooooo if i was to play with a lil site for "fediverse classifieds" that advertised different skillshare options what do u think the categories are
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@Moss obv some are house pets but i want to avoid narrowing things too much
@inherentlee I can see what you mean, but/and to my mind there’s a difference between “nature” and “home life”. Both include “how to get along with animals”, but one is like “how to identify a hawk” and one is “how to introduce a new kitten”. So maybe “animals” is a usefully broad category, but “nature/outdoors” is too broad?
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@inherentlee would a boost help, or do you prefer to keep this more low key “thinking out loud”? I don’t want replies to escape containment if that would overload the process
@mycrowgirl eh i'm fine either way, it's more of a thinking out loud thing and doesn't need to get big but i did actually consider whether i wanted this followers only this time lmao and decided it didn't need to be
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@inherentlee I can see what you mean, but/and to my mind there’s a difference between “nature” and “home life”. Both include “how to get along with animals”, but one is like “how to identify a hawk” and one is “how to introduce a new kitten”. So maybe “animals” is a usefully broad category, but “nature/outdoors” is too broad?
@Moss broad is actually pretty good at this stage because i don't expect a lot of volume, so i would totally group hawks and kittens in the same category imo!
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@Moss broad is actually pretty good at this stage because i don't expect a lot of volume, so i would totally group hawks and kittens in the same category imo!
@Moss if for some odd reason this becomes an actual thing i can do mroe category work, but with too many categories it will look super sparse.
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@Moss broad is actually pretty good at this stage because i don't expect a lot of volume, so i would totally group hawks and kittens in the same category imo!
@inherentlee @Moss don't group hawks and kittens in the same room tho!!!!
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@inherentlee @Moss don't group hawks and kittens in the same room tho!!!!
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@nev i feel like comprehensibility helps tho
@inherentlee that’s what subheaders are for 🤪 @nev
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i think the actual question is:
if you were going to offer a skillshare topic, what would it be?
@inherentlee Scientific paper* editing, particularly for non-native English speakers if it would help them avoid the use of AI. In field-ish is obviously better, but I can probably do a decent job on most of chemistry & biology. I've done beta/proofing for fiction too, but that's much more personal style preference oriented and also I don't like getting side-swiped with unexpected sex scene in a "general" rated fic, so I'd probably be more selective in taking those projects on.
*we don't have too many junior folks around here, but this includes papers and things for internal advancement like qualifying exams if they can give me a copy of guidelines and maybe some example of what a good one in their department was
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@inherentlee Scientific paper* editing, particularly for non-native English speakers if it would help them avoid the use of AI. In field-ish is obviously better, but I can probably do a decent job on most of chemistry & biology. I've done beta/proofing for fiction too, but that's much more personal style preference oriented and also I don't like getting side-swiped with unexpected sex scene in a "general" rated fic, so I'd probably be more selective in taking those projects on.
*we don't have too many junior folks around here, but this includes papers and things for internal advancement like qualifying exams if they can give me a copy of guidelines and maybe some example of what a good one in their department was
@SRLevine hm heard! i think the literature/writing/editing category is appropriate there though i am still trying to figure out the ideal name for that one. i think i need all 3 words which honestly is bugging me because a lot of other categories are two words
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@inherentlee that’s what subheaders are for 🤪 @nev
# Megafauna
## charismatic
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@inherentlee @Moss don't group hawks and kittens in the same room tho!!!!
@ranjit @inherentlee after all, kittens don’t wear pants!
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@ranjit @inherentlee after all, kittens don’t wear pants!
@Moss the two top categories in your taxonomy:
# Things that wear pants
# Things that don't wear pants -
sooooo if i was to play with a lil site for "fediverse classifieds" that advertised different skillshare options what do u think the categories are
- technology (bc duh)
- art (edit probably arts/crafts)
- literature and history? social sciences? (edit: literature and writing is probably it's own, then..........social sciences? science and history?)
- interpersonal and life (thinking like ND tactics or things like that? idk?)
(edit to add...
- food and drink
- animals and the outdoors
- home improvement and diy OR JUST diy)i want pretty big overarching categories, not narrow.....but idk what level to aim at. they obv won't be balanced because we are so tech heavy lol
so far (there is almost nothing so far lol) it's a dead simple structure that just wants a fedi handle, title, category, and blurb for any individual listing. no email or other contact methods, just fedi
i'll probably also ask folks for a TTL on their listings...
@inherentlee I like those categories a lot (I'd include home improvement with DIY since there are some things that are kinda DIY but I think people think of as home improvement and not DIY if that makes sense).
I think this is an awesome idea and would be a super cool thing to have exist (and would deff participate myself!)
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@Moss the two top categories in your taxonomy:
# Things that wear pants
# Things that don't wear pants@ranjit I mean, that would usefully separate categories like “mechanical repair” from “interpersonal skills”.
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@inherentlee I like those categories a lot (I'd include home improvement with DIY since there are some things that are kinda DIY but I think people think of as home improvement and not DIY if that makes sense).
I think this is an awesome idea and would be a super cool thing to have exist (and would deff participate myself!)
@sodamnqueer heard re: home improvement!
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@nev i feel like comprehensibility helps tho
@inherentlee yeah, might be too in-jokey
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@inherentlee yeah, might be too in-jokey
@nev @mycrowgirl 's idea of subheaders might do it tho! i think they add some nice levity
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i think the actual question is:
if you were going to offer a skillshare topic, what would it be?
@inherentlee I know it is all kind of learning/teaching, but maybe 1 on 1 education as in like...I've done sessions for people professionally for various queer topic learning/guidance for both allies and queer people looking to learn more about their own/other queer communities, and I know fedi has a ton of people who could offer that on differen axis of disenfranchisement and identity
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@Moss broad is actually pretty good at this stage because i don't expect a lot of volume, so i would totally group hawks and kittens in the same category imo!
@inherentlee @Moss This reminds me of the book about linguistic categories by George Lakoff: Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things
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sooooo if i was to play with a lil site for "fediverse classifieds" that advertised different skillshare options what do u think the categories are
- technology (bc duh)
- art (edit probably arts/crafts)
- literature and history? social sciences? (edit: literature and writing is probably it's own, then..........social sciences? science and history?)
- interpersonal and life (thinking like ND tactics or things like that? idk?)
(edit to add...
- food and drink
- animals and the outdoors
- home improvement and diy OR JUST diy)i want pretty big overarching categories, not narrow.....but idk what level to aim at. they obv won't be balanced because we are so tech heavy lol
so far (there is almost nothing so far lol) it's a dead simple structure that just wants a fedi handle, title, category, and blurb for any individual listing. no email or other contact methods, just fedi
i'll probably also ask folks for a TTL on their listings...
You might start really big with something like:
Information
- Help
- Guides
Stuff
- Commerce
- FreeThen be sure to have tags/required questions/something for things like:
- Digital
- By Mail
- In person; location required
