I added a limited selection of links to (what I consider) interesting Lemmy communities, in the sidebar.

  • As a fountain pen user myself, the !fountainpens@lemmy.world seemed quite obvious. Note that I would love to add a link to a Bic/ballpoint pen, pencil, and to other writing implements communities, if you know any or feel like creating a new one :)
  • The !pkms@lemmy.blahaj.zone is all about Personal Knowledge Management which, in its own unique way, a journal can also be. If you’re wondering, next to my journal I also write a lot in my Zetellkasten and yep, like my journal it is an analog one: after many years and many attempt trying and trying again to be full digital I decided it was time to fully commit to analog.
  • !artshare@lemmy.world and !watercolor@lemmy.ml are all about posting art. I don’t know about you, but I like art books a lot and I also like to look at art online. I also sketch in my journal and even though I’m no artist, I like that a lot. I find it inspiring to look at the work of others.

Are there other communities that you would like to suggest? It goes without saying but better be clear: no politics, no hate, no porn. Only stuff that you think relates to journaling in some way. Do you know a community around office supply or notebooks or a community dedicated to sketching, maybe?

What do you think about having those links? Is it a ‘Yeah!’ or is it a ‘Nay’?

Keep in mind this is only a proposition, let your voice be heard :)

Edit: in case you did not noticed it, I also slightly updated the rules/description.

  • ElectroVagrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    11 days ago

    I think related links like those you’ve mentioned would be cool. Also given this is discussing the sidebar, I’m not sure what’s being referred to in the rules regarding, “Read the sticky” as there’s no stickied/pinned post so far as I can see.

    In any event, there can be some sync issues with sticky/pinned posts, so I’d recommend directly linking those posts anyway, even though it will take people off their home instance to read.

    Going back to the main topic, I think the art communities are also a great touch for variety, as sketchbooks and the like can easily be understood as visual journaling, if you will.

    • Libb@jlai.luOPEnglish
      1·
      11 days ago

      Thx for your feedback!

      I’m not sure what’s being referred to in the rules regarding, “Read the sticky” as there’s no stickied/pinned post so far as I can see.

      Do you still read the sticky thing in the sidebar? There should not be any sticky/pinned anywhere, post and no mention of them.

      At first I thought it was just a bug with my machine… As it keep randomly displaying the old sidebar, no matter what I do. It happens to me once a day even though I regularly republish the new sidebar :/

      Here is what the new sidebar is supposed to look like now: https://imgur.com/a/yQHy11U . I just checked, that’s what I’m seeing right now (don’t mind teh dark theme I use, I’m only referring to the text/links). Tell me if it’s the old one you’re still seeing.

      Going back to the main topic, I think the art communities are also a great touch for variety, as sketchbooks and the like can easily be understood as visual journaling, if you will.

      Indeed :)

      • ElectroVagrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        Unfortunately I’m not seeing the updated sidebar, and it doesn’t appear on sh.itjust.works either. I think the issue is with Lemmy itself, and that it isn’t handling sidebar changes from a remote instance/moderator (as your account isn’t on sh.itjust.works).

        There’s still a lot of rough edges like that with Lemmy right now, but that’s software in development for ya. =/

        • Libb@sh.itjust.worksM
          2·
          10 days ago

          Update: the sidebar should be updated now. Would you mind telling me if you can see the new version?

          There’s still a lot of rough edges like that with Lemmy right now, but that’s software in development for ya. =/

          Indeed. Even after I upgraded my new account to Mod, it was still not working as expected but no complaining: it’s great to be able to use Lemmy even with its… weaknesses ;)

        • Libb@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
          1·
          11 days ago

          I think you’re right about that. I just created this account on sh.itjustworks and will make it the new Admin. Hopefully getting rid of those issues.