ChemicalRascal

From what I've seen so far, that doesn't seem to be a solved thing yet.

Presumably we'll see that happen here as well, just potentially at a higher level, with instances rather than just communities.

I recently had to migrate my Mastodon account (home.social shut down, for... frankly frustrating reasons, but whatever). It was a pretty painful process, and none of my old toots exist as a result.

Hopefully we can figure this out with Lemmy, and in doing so, make migration painless enough that it can even be a common occurrence without a loss of data and content. Let's not forget that one of the great things about Reddit is (was, I guess) that old threads still contain relevant information from passionate enthusiasts.

It's arguably a sign that there is need for refinement, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, jeez. Every platforms' early days were much like this. Reddit was pretty shit at first. YouTube was pretty shit at first. And so on.

Nothing comes to life without teething pains. We're literally on day two for most users, it's bizarre to be saying anything about Lemmy's future this early.

The IPO is everything, I'm sure. So much of any valuation is entirely speculative, but the higher that speculation is the more money the stakeholders will be able to get out when they sell.

Presumably spez is a major stakeholder, and if so, a short-term inflation of particular usage metrics would directly mean more dollars in his pocket when they sell. It doesn't matter if it then all falls over in a heap, if the monetisation isn't actually viable; he (and others) have already cashed out, and the folks who bought into the valuation are left holding the bag.

Now THAT'S an ion blast from the past.

Yeah... There's better ways to communicate that, guys.

Honestly, that Microsoft has to touch on that at all shows how badly Bethesda has managed their reputation over the decades.