I’ve run my own business in the US for 16 years. Until recently I pay about $2000/mo for a family of 4. (Wife and I are in our early 40’s, kids are under 10). Recently my wife got new employment and it means we can insure the family with similar (slightly better coverage, (great coverage)) for less than half this amount.
Thing is, finding great moderators (free dedicated and skilled labor) is not easy. Many people will take on the opportunity but many of them will give up in 7 days. It’s a chore, and a thankless one.
I noticed I think just yesterday that r/pics was going full NSFW (tag) but didn’t see any nudity in posts.
While I fully get the expectation of “business will go back to usual”, I don’t quite think it will, Reddit is only fantastic because of the hard work people do for free. It’s not evenly distributed who does this hard work - it’s a certain small % of users, so if a large number of the hard workers leave, the site will simply just not be the same. Quality will go down - but I have noticed some communities have not migrated at all (specific Camera, and many tech communities are simply not present here - music/bands are also underpopulated.)
Got you bud.
I think I used prodigy’s Usenet reader to post questions in the mortal kombat group. People used to make up fake fatality combo codes that I would try for hours!
Glad you enjoyed it. I think we had similar takes. Watching it in the right mood with the right person and it can be fun movie. It’s no masterpiece but it wasn’t trying to be one.
You’ve got to love that this is one of the largest lemmy’s. Yes I love this community.
I made a Lemmy? Called lempals. Can I make you a mod?
It could function like r4r but obv platonic in general I guess? Might be fun to be a mod on that. I’m not sure how to make a Lemmy
Ooh I like this idea a lot. But I feel like it will need/spark a community on its on. Maybe “Lempals”?
Stories like these make me think that a headphones swap community would be a lot of fun and value. I have 6xx’s (they’re my favorite daily) but I have multiple other pairs that I don’t get around to selling, and I’d probably love to try out some other pairs for a bit.