I don’t know any Lemmy users IRL. I have nudged my friends towards it. My partner has asked me to post things a few times. Just curious.

Edit: running total including the commenter: 26.5 people

  • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
    3·
    5 hours ago

    I have at least 3 friends IRL that are on Lemmy. One of them I got to join, and two are friends I met doing mutual aid and other organizing projects. Later found out they’re on here.

    • vatlark@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      4 hours ago

      You are the only person so far that knows someone else’s on Lemmy and you aren’t reason they joined or vis-versa

    • vatlark@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      5 hours ago

      Woah very cool. Excuse my ignorance but is “mutual aid” a term for helping out your neighbor? Which is something people have always done but it often sounds like when people use the term “mutual aid” it is a bit more organized. Does that ring true for you?

      • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
        2·
        4 hours ago

        Yeah, that’s pretty much it. “Mutual aid” is meant to be distinct from “charity” which has a different kind of implication. Mutual aid is more about “we help each other”. Charity can absolutely be organized, but tends to be more “structured” than mutual aid efforts.