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Something I have been thinking about is how I can contribute to the space beyond just gemloging and IRC engagement. I've noticed more diverse content getting created: from zines, proxies, services, even social networking, and I was wondering what I could contribute.
Something I have been pondering is how my obsession with music could produce something fun and engaging for everyone here. Part of me was thinking of making something guitar related (my primary instrument) - perhaps a chord database or some music theory for guitar series.
Another idea was some way of doing a collaborative playlist for the space? Have member submit songs? Pretty small idea. Something I've found great about Soundcloud/Bandcamp was that listeners could share their thoughts directly on the page. I like reading album reviews and how people liked songs.
Something thats only a step up from gemlogging was some cadence having something that others could engage with - be it a book of the month type thing; more likely for me some album of the week.
I wouldn't know the best way to do that - since the idea would for anyone of the participants to just suggest the next album, rotating around - so maybe hosting a capsule specifically and just use email to collect suggestions? I don't think the effort of having a client cert input of "name - album info" is worth it considering any mistakes/clarity would probably require follow-up and I think providing some links would be nice.
I always toyed with the idea of maybe hosting a capsule for royalty free music created by members. Act as a sort of repository. Like splice for the smolnet.
Or even just a space where users can contribute music they've made - even if it hosted on a site like bandcamp, soundcloud or youtube. The only thing with hosting audio files would be ensuring the right license is attached.
I don't think my writing skills are up to snuff to actually contribute to a proper zine? And the downside of such a simple protocol is there isn't exactly a lot of active development in the client/server space warranting a lot of coding contributions. Plus I program a decent chunk of my workday so programming isn't always what I feel like doing in my freetime.
Most of these are pretty small barrier of entry - and not even all the ideas I've had. Just the ones I can remember at 10pm as I write this, while playing with my dog.
May is always a busy month for me, and even busier this year with the move happening, and our second vaccine shots scheduled. So I figured rather than toil with all of this just put it out there in case someone else has been wanting for any of these random ideas. Maybe a +1 will motivate me to get started.
I feel like the previous paragraph was my actual conclusion so I guess I'll leave with all the cool stuff I found - not to take the wind out of my first links sails (considering its the topic of their first post!) and part with the question: is there anything I said here that sounds interesting? Do some of these ideas exist? Happy to chat via email about it since I'll be off IRC for a few days while I move - so can't reliably answer there.
gemini://gemini.cyberbot.space/smolzine/
gemini://dictionary.gluonspace.com/dictionary
gemini://weather.gluonspace.com/
gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/joneworlds/zine/
gemini://gempaper.strangled.net/mirrorlist/
gemini://station.martinrue.com/
And a bunch more I am forgetting just because those were in my recent history :)