Maalus

All of the differences are semantics or nitpicking. Of course it has its own history - it didn't spin off reddit. It isn't a clone from an alternative universe. The point is - it's a link aggregator / social media, with the very same problems reddit has. It has issues with moderation, it has issues with powertripping, with users, etc. "Getting away" from reddit, going to Lemmy and complaining about it becoming too much like reddit means OP has never realized that there aren't any meaningful differences. The users aren't any better. The mods / admins aren't any better. The quality of posts isn't any better. Federation doesn't mean much to a regular user.

If you read some of the posts about reddit on here, you'd think reddit is some hellhole with lemmy being a perfect site.

Gatekeeping and art. Name a more iconic duo.

Lemmy has always been reddit but with less people, if not even worse in the moderation aspect. You simply noticed it recently.

First, China censorship. Shit like cannot type "free Taiwan" in chat. Second, every two lost matches in quickplay (PvP) you have a chance of the game putting you against a bot team, giving you a "free win". In reality it is a shitty slog that you need to basically wait through. You cannot leave the match or you will get a leaver's penalty. Of course nowhere is it stated that the enemy team are bots. They have cookie cutter names, when you check profiles after the match it says they all are "restricted". When you spectate them, you can see how unnatural / bottish their aiming and movement is. You get two bots put on your team and 6 bots against you. In a supposedly PvP gamemode with no opt-out.

Flirt and it will come naturally if they respond well. I like to mention Mojo Upgrade when I get positive results from flirting. It's interesting enough to hook in a person and the results can then be discussed further, leading to more flirting. It's also innocent enough to completely ignore doing it. I got multiple people to do the test with me by just mentioning how it works. At the end of the day, people are curious beings.

Being smooth works too. I had a best friend mention that she would love a magic counter floating next to dudes that shows their dick size. So I hit her with "wanna know what mine would say?" and got a positive response.

Be the opposite of horny, don't be a creep, don't be desperate. People like talking about sexual stuff too, but they need to feel comfortable. Getting consent works well too, as does dropping small hints. One of my successful moves is "can I ask you a question, and if you don't want to answer we forget I ever asked?" and going for something that is very obviously sexual, but not extreme.

I wonder if the franchise would've survived with ugly sonic. Also, does this count as "a good video game movie"? I thought those didn't exist.

Nah. Then you have insane people who will harass you for downvoting their comment. Almost everything should be private. Hell, the most insane thing about Lemmy is that reports are public to the mods about who sent out a report.

Are there any mods that can add enemies to the game / warfare? I love sandboxes, but get better mileage if there is an enemy to target, like biters in Factorio. Last time I played Satisfactory there were some slightly hostile mobs that didn't respawn

I mean, most devs wouldn't ban people playing on linux to begin with? Sure, they fixed their bullshit but I wouldn't call this praiseworthy, especially with the other shady things the game is pulling and with them being silent on it

Trump didn't need to cheat to win this election.

It's not that they are "a Chineese" company, it is that they have issues that are repeated in every game they have and it turns into a privacy / morality nightmare.

I.e. chat is censored, so cannot type "free Taiwan". Also the game is catered to casual players. This led them to add bots to PvP matches - where every 2 losses you get put into an unskippable bot match, where you stomp the other team. This is to make you keep playing and not get discouraged. But once you know about it, it's just a 15 min pity waste of time you could spend actually playing the game.

And yet silence on the bot matches? Ffs.