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  • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev
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    4 months ago

    no stupid questions is to allow you to ask things you might be embarrassed about, like things you “should” know already as an adult, mildly taboo topics that people generally aren’t willing to talk about in polite company, or questions that might come charged with a bit of controversy. I’m sure that doesn’t cover all the cases, but that’s the general vibe I get.

    Ask: what’s the velocity of a swallow carrying a coconut? I can’t find an answer after a few days of research and it’s really hard to catch one to attach.

    nostupidquestions: Is anybody else attracted to sparrows?

    nostupidquestions: what’s a chafing dish for?

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    4 months ago

    I don’t know the original intention of this community, but I think it is good to have this community on Piefed as nostupidquestions communities are only on Lemmy.

    • asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev
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      4 months ago

      When I was a mod in the original !ask@lemm.ee, the biggest sell was it being an alternative to !asklemmy@lemmy.world with more lax rules, which I mod as well. And the name was specifically chosen to be “ask” without any specific fediverse platform name attached so that the whole fediverse feels invited and not just lemmings.

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          4 months ago

          It only exists in a phantom state. If your instance didn’t fetch it while lemm.ee was still operating, then no. If it did, then you will still see it, but any new posts or in general any kind of activity in phantom communities won’t be federated to other instances (they only appear for users in your instance or not at all).

          I still have the community in the list of communities I moderate, for example.