Moving to: m/AskMbin!

I hated having to go to imgur.com in a desktop tab in Chrome to upload an image, then to figure out the URL, then to swap back to the post in RiF to be able to include the image in a post. That's a 'feature' I'm glad is dead with kbin (and presumably other fediverses) - can attach an image to a reply just by clicking the icon and browsing for it.

@janWilejan The constant reposts in like 10 subreddits that all make it on /all. Some kind of filter to see if once and be done with it. Though, I think removing Karma/Rep would take care of that.

I didn't like my post history being available for public access. For example, if I post in a sub for suicide bereavement, that information is meant for that one small community. I don't necessarily want others to be able to see it and know that personal information. The same could go for victim support, mental health, or other health related subs.

I also don't want to be followed. I know there's a way to turn it off but I learned that way late in the game.

decision to IPO which tend to treat users as items to sell

So the biggest irritation to me is, blocking.

Ostensibly, blocking is meant to halt harassment. On Reddit if somebody has you blocked, you’re barred from participating downthread of them. Harassment shouldn’t be tolerated.

But.

A lot of individuals who want to control narratives and spread misinformation use blocking people as a way to silence people that maybe correct the narrative. With sources.

Or to silence opposing viewpoints, especially when the individual in question is making an argument that doesn’t bear scrutiny.

Also it’s kind of stupid that Reddit prevents you from seeing what they say, but not the other way ‘round- considering I could always pull it into a private tab and view it logged out.

It’s reasonable to prevent a blocked individual from directly replying or interacting, but it’s not reasonable to halt all conversation I might have just because they’re “in the room”, if that makes sense.

Visible Upvotes. Hear me out. Upvotes much like Facebook/Instagram/Twitter Likes tickle the reward center of our brains and trigger the dopamine response. This in turns incentivizes users behavior more towards "validation seeking" types of behavior, such as DAE/AmITheAsshole/TIL pandering to commonly held beliefs, calls outs (legitimate or questionable), trauma dumping, etc. Whether we like it or not, the mechanics of social media websites/apps influence our behavior, sometimes we are not even aware our or other's behavior is being coerced by these sites. The fewer dopamine-rewarding features that Kbin/Lemmy has, the more we can focus on the content.

Someone needs to open Kbin's settings, go to 'Psycho CEO' and set it to 'Off.'

I don't want gold coins, snoovatars, chat rooms, and any of the nonsense that they created over the past 5 years.