Floating Is Fun

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We're chasing that dream-like feeling of floating free in the air and playing around, be it real or fantasy. Any post type that conveys this feeling is welcome. Check the post flairs for examples.

What qualifies for Floating Is Fun is open to interpretation. I encourage everyone to post what they like to see. Give us a gentle push and we'll float pretty far.

We started on Reddit /r/FloatingIsFun in 2021 and moved here in 2023. All 400+ posts from the original from the original subreddit have been reposted here, so you're not missing anything.

On our home instance fedia.io, we have custom CSS with banner images by neko and by ke-ta

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#balloons #bubbles #windpower #levitation #weightlessness #microgravity #airswimming #underwater #illusion #multipletypes

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Rules

Title must credit creator
- Your post title must include its creator's name, even if it's you
Link to the source
- Posts must include a link to the source in either the article body or a top-level comment. Tools like SauceNAO and Google Image Search can help you find the source
No reposts within 180 days
- No reposting anything that was already posted on this magazine in the past 180 days
Subject must be floaty
- If left alone, it would continue to float around with little effort
No littering
- If something floats out of reach, it should be recovered
No distress
- Don't float any living creature against their will or make anyone panic
No NSFW content
- Keep NSFW content to their own magazines, but labeled NSFW links are allowed in comments

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The Third Year of Floating Is Fun by hitstun (fedia.io)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Today's Floating Is Fun's 3rd anniversary, and it's recap time! The first year was on Reddit and the second year post was delayed by our migration to the Fediverse, but we're celebrating on time this time.

After a year of independence from /u/spez, we've grown into one of the strongest communities on Fedia! With this post, we have 653 threads, the most of all Fedia communities, though the even more buoyant @[email protected] will overtake us within the next few months. We have 547 subscribers and I am thankful for each and every one of you. Some new posters are leaving their marks, and I no longer have to carry all the posting by myself. I can now slow down on my posts so I can maintain higher quality and participate better with other Fediverse communities. Maybe I'll finally polish our janky experimental RSS.

Here are your top ten posts between August 14, 2023 and August 3, 2024:

Kiki of the Valley of the Witches by Redlark #levitation - 51 up, 0 down
Anti-Gravity City by Kukka #levitation - 47 up, 0 down
Flying Bunnies by Delphine Doreau #balloons - 45 up, 2 down
Dreams of Flying by Vivian Zhou #levitation - 41 up, 0 down
Witch's Mount by Xiao Xinyu #levitation - 40 up, 0 down
Marine Day Watermelon by Yukihiro Nakamura #airswimming - 36 up, 0 down
Magic Ship by Kuruuya #balloons - 34 up, 0 down
drop to wonder worlds by TaKaMi_KoU #windpower - 34 up, 0 down
Violet Evergarden by AlbertBaGu #windpower - 33 up, 0 down
kokankada in monsoon by Datta Bhadale #windpower - 34 up, 1 down
Marcille (by Nears) posted by @[email protected] - 33 up, 0 down

This past year, witches and magic users made the biggest impact. You know there's a whole community for @[email protected], right? Number one went to Kiki, celebrating her movie's 35th anniversary this week, in a crossover with Nausicaä, which had its 40th anniversary back in March. I didn't post nearly enough real-life examples of floating because they're harder to source correctly, but I'll try harder next year. No one posted any original content between last year's recap post and this post, but hopefully this will change.

I appreciate all the support we've received on the Fediverse. Let's make it the best place to post stuff we like! Spread the Fediverse love.

Until next year, don't let gravity keep you down!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

@[email protected] I actually tried to post this on the old /r/FloatingIsFun subreddit too, since I'm still the founder and only human mod. Reddit's admins deleted the post. I wonder why anyone still tries having human interactions on Reddit anymore.