This is the announcement of the Threadiverse Vibrancy Challenge!

The Challenge - From September 1 to 30, 2026, complete each one of the categories below with a unique post or comment:

  1. (Freebie) Make a shitpost.
  2. Make a post about something other than technology or politics or a shitpost.
  3. Make a post showcasing a thing or topic you find interesting.
  4. Make a post to a community with fewer than 100 subscribers.
  5. Make a post to a community in a small instance.
  6. Make a post featuring a human-made piece of art.
  7. Make an on-topic comment to a post in a small community.
  8. Make a comment or post sharing news about a location relevant to you.
  9. Make a high-quality long form text post or comment.
  10. Post or comment a link from another part of the Fediverse.

I came up with this to encourage a greater variety of posts and comments to niche communities, with the support from people who usually just comment occasionally and lurk.

Participants will evaluate their own progress. If you get a score of 10/10, you will win a virtual Lemmy Gold Star, and hopefully everybody will win a noticeably more active Threadiverse in the smaller communities!

Remember to be respectful and follow rules of the instances and communities you post to.

Feel free to share this with your own instance. I will try to post a mid-challenge follow-up in 3 weeks and a concluding ceremony in October in !fediverse@lemmy.world. Good luck!

    • aizakku@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      9·
      1 month ago

      Damn man, didn’t know I could get a whole virtual star. Do I get to pick the galaxy it’s in or is it assigned at random?

      • Rentlar@lemmy.caOPEnglish
        2·
        30 days ago

        I’m not entirely certain. What I have tried is ordering custom massive hot balls of plasma in space for everyone, but I’ve learned the waitlist is a few billion years long.

        • aizakku@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          30 days ago

          Does Lemmy have a remindme bot like Reddit? I’ll set a reminder for the grand kids to pick it up for me

          • Rentlar@lemmy.caOPEnglish
            2·
            30 days ago

            You can ask the account @remindme@mstdn.social. not sure if it can handle a Linux epoch time that far out in the future.

    • discoplasm@quokk.auEnglish
      1·
      27 days ago

      🔧 disco’s tracking post where i do not think i will get them all but let’s try 🔧

      progress: 5/10

      1. (Freebie) Make a shitpost. 1, 2, 3
      2. Make a post about something other than technology or politics or a shitpost. 1
      3. Make a post showcasing a thing or topic you find interesting.
      4. Make a post to a community with fewer than 100 subscribers. 1
      5. Make a post to a community in a small instance. 1 (our instance is p small i think?)
      6. Make a post featuring a human-made piece of art. 1
      7. Make an on-topic comment to a post in a small community.
      8. Make a comment or post sharing news about a location relevant to you.
      9. Make a high-quality long form text post or comment.
      10. Post or comment a link from another part of the Fediverse.
  • inlandempire@jlai.luEnglish
    4·
    1 month ago

    Commenting to keep track of my progress:

    • (Freebie) Make a shitpost.
    • Make a post about something other than technology or politics or a shitpost.
    • Make a post showcasing a thing or topic you find interesting.
    • Make a post to a community with fewer than 100 subscribers.
    • Make a post to a community in a small instance.
    • Make a post featuring a human-made piece of art.
    • Make an on-topic comment to a post in a small community.
    • Make a comment or post sharing news about a location relevant to you.
    • Make a high-quality long form text post or comment.
    • Post or comment a link from another part of the Fediverse.