…is not right here, I assume? Because we seem to be aiming more at the political aspect of the topic here. What are your favorite communities/forums/other corners of the internet for getting hands-on, practical advice on repairing stuff (all kinds)? Right now I’m looking for ways to repair a set of earbuds (that isn’t actually broken - it’s just that the rubber/silicone cover of the buttons is coming off).
In the decentralised free world:
🗽☯lemmy.sdf.org/c/electronics (67/0) “Electronics”
🗽☯fedia.io/diysolar “DIY Solar”
🥧piefed.blahaj.zone/diy_hrt “DIY HRT”
🥧piefed.social/solarpunk “Solarpunk DIY”
🗽☯krabb.org/c/diy (8/0) “DIY”
🗽☯lemmy.perfecthluxury.store/c/DIY (1/0) “DIY”
🗽☯notdigg.com/c/diy (32/0) “DIY”
🗽☯europe.pub/c/DIY (71/1) “DIY”
🗽☯foros.fediverso.gal/c/maker (58/1) “DIY e Makers”
🗽☯hi-fi.community/c/diy (5/1) “DIY”
🗽☯hilariouschaos.com/c/diy (58/1) “DIY”
🗽☯lemmy.sdf.org/c/synthdiy (192/1) “synthdiy”
🗽☯lemmy.staphup.nl/c/diy_energy (2/1) “DIY wind water energy projects”
🗽☯szmer.info/c/diy (179/1) “DIY, majsterkowanie i takie tam”
🗽☯tech.pr0n.pl/c/electronics (5/2) “Electronics”
🗽☯feddit.uk/c/diy (284/4) “DIY”
🗽☯sopuli.xyz/c/bike_repair_tips (374/29) “Bike Repair Tips and Tricks”
🗽☯discuss.tchncs.de/c/electronics (2631/38) “Electronics”
🗽☯slrpnk.net/c/fixing (950/66) “fixing”
🗽☯beehaw.org/c/diy (8518/184) “Do It Yourself”
🗽☯discuss.tchncs.de/c/askelectronics (3901/326) “Ask Electronics”
🗽☯slrpnk.net/c/diy (3792/500) “DIY”specifically audio:
🗽☯hi-fi.community/c/audiophile (33/1) “Audiophile”
🗽☯lemmygrad.ml/c/audiophile (115/1) “Audiophile”There are also DIY / fixing communites on these centralised instances which should be avoided if you value digital sovereignty:
hexbear.net, lemmy.blahaj.zone, lemmy.dbzer0.com, lemmy.ml
^ Those are bad nodes simply because they have grown 2 standard deviations above the mean. Thus growing out of control.
The following are the worst of the worst because they are in Cloudflare’s walled garden:
lemm.ee, lemmit.online, lemmy.ca, lemmy.world, lemmynsfw.com, programming.dev, sh.itjust.works, zerobytes.monster
- https://wiki.restarters.net/Main_Page (good general guides)
- https://repair.wiki/w/Main_Page
- https://www.ifixit.com/Guide
Asking for general advice here is fine, but if you are looking for specifics then Do It Yourself (DIY) communities would be a better fit:
I’d say ifixit and (sadly) YouTube. Maybe one day we’ll be able to add Lemmy and Peertube to the list🙏
I’ve never found anything close to the level of detail, for such a range of products as iFixit.
The community has grown significantly since I started using it and I have no problems supporting them through their store.
The diy Communities on here might be able to help 👍
Which one, for example? You mean on discuss.tchncs.de?
https://slrpnk.net/c/diy?dataType=Post
This one seems to be most active. The one on beehaw seems to be decently active as well.
