ArthurPizza showed me SpeedOfSound flatpack on Peertube and I never looked back
https://tilvids.com/c/arthurpizza/videos

Loops is a federated, short-form content site. without the algorhythm, NGL it can be trying to find people to follow and it doesn't recycle old content to keep watches up.
https://loops.video/

• @Bellingcat@mstdn.social
  I like the way they present their news. And it's not a constant barrage
• @wonderofscience@mastodon.social
• @esoastronomy@mastodon.social
• @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy
  opens up following bsky accounts. With the new feature it works now. Unfortunately accounts that I want to follow haven't agreed
• @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu
  the responses can get a bit heavy. But if one is from EU I think there is value in showing interest in such account
• @isthereanydeal@mastodon.social
  and it seems to be an official account, not a mirror
• https://tags.pub/
  might be working too
• @jolla@techhub.social
  is there an official account of Fairphone?
• @altbot@fuzzies.wtf
  this one is interesting. It's locally run model that can be pinged to generate alt-texts
• @tabletopsentinel@dice.camp
  their titles can be a bit click-baity but they don't only cover DnD news. So far I think they might be a good source

And I've finally found a working Friendica server that accepts registrations: https://social.netdynamics.eu/

Also, since you're on PieFed, you should have access to microblogging too, meaning you have access to Fedi Bridge, meaning you have access to some contents from Bluesky too. Just need to follow the bot and if needed, allow it to follow back at you: @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy

Also also, you can have your RSS feeds as posts in your timeline through @birb@rss-parrot.net

And there's communities and profiles made specifically for discoverability, like !communitypromo@lemmy.ca and !newcommunities@lemmy.world. !lemmydirectory@lemmy.dbzer0.com is also a good place to find posts.

As for not getting too involved for a sake of privacy, not much to be done on that front other than just following stuff, preferably with RSS and without liking/commenting to avoid fingerprinting as much as possible.

! communityname @instance.name

No spaces

I grew up on the early internet. You always mix some exaggerations or lies into any personal story you might tell some where. ‍️

!autodidacticism@reddthat.com

I tend to err and make excuses to myself, based on its limitations. Example makertube I like craft tutorials, the offering is dismal so I stop and leave. Piefed it’s not bad but repetitive and slow…so I leave.

Any suggestions on helping me change my attitude to engage in a a more positive way?

https://quokk.au/c/fediverse/p/850460/introducing-threadirator-a-threadiverse-community-federator