That's not democracy though. That's my only point here is that isn't related to the concept of democracy at all.
A vote for what, though? What is being decided, and by who?
What it's about, in my opinion, is trust. To tie it back to Reddit yet again - on Reddit, if the admins of the site did something, their word was final and there wasn't much you could do about it. On Lemmy, if the admins of an instance do something, even here on the biggest one, their reach is limited to their own space; they cannot affect what happens beyond. This means that instead of having to do a big ol exodus to try and prop up a new network, people can just pick another instance and continue where they left off, outside the reach of the admins that did the thing they dislike.
Therefore, the instance admins and the users (and also the mods) need to actually have trust in each other to stick around, as there are viable alternative spaces they can go to if that trust is broken. Additionally, the entire concept of federation is also built on trust - "we will allow an exchange of content between our instances because we trust you".
I don't agree with this decision, but I understand it, and I still trust LW admins because they've had a good track record so far. For those reasons I'll stay here. I don't fault anyone leaving, though, if their personal threshold of trust has been broken. The only thing I'm really wary of is the free-speech absolutists that insist no one should be defederated from; the tool exists for a reason. There's not many of them, though.
If you make your own instance, as a one-man thing, then it's not really democracy at all either. The only way it would be democracy is if you made your own instance and specifically said "all decisions will be made via vote" and you actually had users around to participate in those votes.
That's fair enough. I wanted consistency more than anything else.
Because the fediverse i about democracy.
Isn't it, like, the opposite? With the main assumption being that you should find an instance that aligns with your interests and values, not find an instance and try to vote for it to become something you like? That is technically "voting with your feet" but instances don't actually need a large population to stay running.
Yees, post more comp stuff, I only have clips of casual pubbery.
As we all know, overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer, they really got clowned on
Is there any indication this happened because of that? The reason people are downvoting is because such a link seems tenuous without proof.
Why not?
There is a local piracy-focused community at [email protected]. It's pretty dead, of course, only 4 posts ever, but still. How does this square with those others being blocked?
You have won my goodwill with your track record of decisions so far. I don't agree with this one, but it is not a dealbreaker for me. Thank you for getting around to announcing this in a public space, but as you say, please make sure to do this first next time something of this caliber is put through.
A word filter or a slur filter?
https://steamcommunity.com/games/BattleBit/announcements/detail/3678929839482653145
A little bit of this, a little bit of that.
Our latest update brings a wealth of changes to improve your time in BattleBit Remastered. While some may seem overdue, it was very important to us that we take our time with aspects that may alter the core gameplay. We poured over all of your feedback constantly, to provide what we hope you will find as healthy additions to the game. In short, you can expect faster progression, an additional healing method available to all classes, TWO new map reworks and further polish/bug fixes. We've also made major progress with our Community Server API and will expand our testing as we lead up to a larger rollout of access.
v2.0.0 Patch Notes
GENERAL PLAYER UI / UX
PROGRESSION/XP IMPROVEMENTS
CLANS
UNIVERSAL HEALING
After a long discussion, it's apparent that the medic is the only class capable of enduring more than one fight. Other classes cannot survive a second fight after being shot. Consequently, making other classes very unpleasant to use, in response, the following change has been implemented:
Bandages now apply self-heal, even when bleeding, gaining +40 HP for each bandage used. This applies to all classes.
You cannot heal other players by bandaging, it remains the same as before, you can only stop bleeding or revive, but it will not heal them, only the Medic can heal OTHER players with their Medkit Gadget.
CLASS ADJUSTMENTS
ASSAULT
Access to Ranger Armors.
Access to the Personal Defense Weapon and Designated Marksman Rifle weapon types: Honey Badger - Groza - P90 - AsVal - MK20 - M110 - MK14 - SVD.
ENGINEER & SUPPORT
New barbed wires deployable available for use
ENGINEER
2.5x XP bonus for vehicle destruction.
XP with Engineer Bonus
Transport vehicles: 1000xp
APC: 2,000xp
Tank: 4,000xp
Helicopter: 4,000xp
Boat: 1,000xp
Other Classes
Transport vehicles: 400xp
APC: 800xp
Tank: 1,600xp
Helicopter: 1,600xp
Boat: 400xp
WEAPON ADJUSTMENTS
Weapon attachments wouldn't affect player speed - fixed.
Aim punch/flinch will exponentially scale down based on damage received, instead of pistol on leg and sniper on chest having the same effect for example.
Kriss Vector
Damage per bullet adjusted to 22, down from 24.
Damage drop-off now starts at 10 meters, down from 50.
Standard/Quick magazine now holds 36 bullets, down from 40.
ACR
ACR aim down time buffed from 0.25 seconds to 0.21 seconds.
ACR player running speed buffed from 1.01 to 1.05 x.
ACR control increased from 100% to 105%.
ACR damage increased from 25 to 27.
AK5C
AK5C damage increased from 30 to 34.
AK5C vertical recoil increased from 1.4 to 1.6
AK5C horizontal recoil increased from 1.2 to 1.4
AK5C's first shot recoil reduced from 1.5 to 1.0
AK5C's reload speed increased by 12.5%.
SG550
SG550's muzzle flash size reduced from 100% to 85%.
VEHICLES
New Sea Vehicle: RCB90 added
Destroying enemy vehicles will give different XP rewards based on type
Improved road kill detection
Littlebird minigun's light vehicle damage increased from 2 to 4
APC receives 2x damage from the rear
Tanks & APCs - Upon firing, resupply cooldown will reset to 60 seconds to avoid player supplying & firing same time.
When players return to base for repair, the driver/pilot will also be healed. Exiting the vehicle is no longer neccesary, which should reduce cases of vehicle hijacking
Helicopter's sensitivity will no longer be affected by FPS (it used to be more sensitive as you had less FPS, less sensitive as you have more FPS)
Stutters while piloting helicopter should be improved (need to be tested)
Helicopter inflicting self-damage when game lags (i.e. opening scoreboard, etc) - fixed.
Player would not able to see blood screen while inside some vehicles - fixed.
Turret/minigun shots does not count as 'bullets fired' in stats - fixed.
MAPS
District Rework integration
Wine Paradise - Rework + Expansion to support CONQ 254p gamemode
MultuIslands - CONQ Ultra downscaled twice until there are more options of mobility for players
MultuIslands - 32v32 Rush added. New POI was added East from middle of map to make use of Rush layout.
Wakistan - Objective F was shifted to the East by 222 meters with some additional ways to enter in the middle of map.
TensaTown - RUSH block silo position for Defender team to avoid spawn camping of Attacker team.
Namak - Potential fix of an issue causing an inability to spawn on Objective B
Further GPU optimization on 3D models of map objects
Salhan - removed a OP tank spot at USA side and added some of hesco walls on long line road.
Salhan - Tanks removed until exploit with tanks will be fixed to not let them climb on the cliffs.
Bricks not spawning when walls are destroyed - fixed.
CTF Quality of Life
COMMUNITY SERVER API
nice