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[–] [email protected] 84 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Well said. I wish it wasn’t so mainstream to want to buy into something just because it’s backed by a megacorp.

[–] muertinez 15 points 2 years ago

yea and so mainstream to feel the need to squeeze every fucking penny out of anything humans create

[–] AzuleBlade 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Buy into your home instance instead by setting up a recurring monthly donation. It's doesn't have to be a lot, some have tiers as low as $1. Alternatively, you could donate to the Lemmy dev team, or some of the devs that are creating these spiffy apps we're using on our phones.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Either way is good. The most important thing is for Lemmy/Kbin to be, and continue to be, a community project. I personally donate to my instance.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lovely quote. Anyone else rooting for the underdog here?

[–] AzuleBlade 4 points 2 years ago

I love a good underdog story.

[–] markstos 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why not boost the post instead of creating an image of it?

[–] hiramfromthechi 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I did boost it. If anyone else wants to, here's the original post: https://social.coop/@eloquence/110663689429123291

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I like the image. Did you create it yourself manually, or do you have a screenshot program that prepared this for you?

[–] AzuleBlade 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd also like to know, it looks pretty slick.

[–] hiramfromthechi 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used CleanShot X to create the image, but it’s only for Mac. If you’re on Windows, try ShareX (which is free and open source).

[–] AzuleBlade 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks! That reminds me, I need to reinstall ShareX, I knew there was something missing after getting a new PC haha.

[–] hiramfromthechi 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I used CleanShot X to create the image, but it's only for Mac. If you're on Windows, try ShareX (which is free and open source).

[–] Koordinator_O 3 points 2 years ago

or just use shift + win + s It's Integrated in windows and works just fine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I knew you were going to say that! Mac OS always has all of the aesthetics! One can only hope we'll get "pretty" windows apps eventually. Although, Microsoft would have to unify their UI first, and we all know that will never happen.

[–] hiramfromthechi 4 points 2 years ago

Honestly, my next machine might be a Linux. Check out elementaryOS

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I knew I recognized him from somewhere. He was the developer of lib.reviews. https://github.com/eloquence

[–] Num10ck 4 points 2 years ago

great product idea, i would love an open metacritic, but i cant find a front end to use this?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

This is why I'm not worried about rushing features into the fedi. We're at an usable point right now, a lot obviously can be improved. But the point is that the fedi isn't going away. A private social media can be nuked over night. If all ActivityPub devs stopped contributing over night, then more people would step up and continue. The fedi isn't going anywhere and will continue to get better over time. There will be no stopping point where we run out of time. Development and improvements will be eternal until the heat death of the universe!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Haven't read it yet but this is facts

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Okay, so I really do believe in the Fediverse. I'm working on a really big project in Kotlin that I have the intention of wiring up to AP later on.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Well said. I think people tend to think of the Fediverse as a competitor, but the goals are not the same. The Fediverse is wholly about the community driven by the community.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

How was this image generated, is there a tool to make image from post? Also could anyone share original post?

[–] hiramfromthechi 5 points 2 years ago

Here's the original post: https://social.coop/@eloquence/110663689429123291

I used CleanShot X to create the image.

[–] teydam 5 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Those are some fine words and definitely help motivate me to contribute more. No way I was touching threads before though, so not much convincing needed!