WalterzarBoBalterzar

joined 2 years ago
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Common sense vs Leftist Lunacy in c/conservativesonly
Lurk a specific instance? in c/[email protected]
[–] WalterzarBoBalterzar 13 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I can understand de-federating from something like lemmygrad.ml. I can't for the life of me understand lemmy.world or sh.itjust.works (love the name btw). Both instances just seem to be filled with regular, moderate people?

Lurk a specific instance? in c/[email protected]
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Lurk a specific instance? (self.jerboa)
 

With beehaw de-federating from lemmy.world (and seemingly most of the fediverse and this point), myself and many others no longer have a way to even lurk beehaw. Coupled with the fact that beehaw seems to gate-keep their registration, I'm wondering if there's a way to at least lurk their instance without needing an account. I know it can be done via their website. Is that something Jerboa supports as well?

PSA: Beehaw just closed federation with most instances, don't use this community in c/[email protected]
[–] WalterzarBoBalterzar 5 points 2 years ago

Test post from lemmy.world

On Politics and Forking in c/[email protected]
[–] WalterzarBoBalterzar 9 points 2 years ago

Regardless of the current situation, I think the option in general to "unsubscribe" from an entire instance could be useful. I know we can create our own instances and defederate, but not everyone has the skills, money, etc. to be able to do that.

What's the point? in c/conservativesonly
[/c/[email protected]](/c/[email protected]) in c/[email protected]
[–] WalterzarBoBalterzar 3 points 2 years ago

Could we use this as an opportunity to change the name to something that doesn't contain hate speech?

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Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts (www.theverge.com)
If you use Reddit during the blackout, upvote everything from r/Ukraine to get them max visibility in c/[email protected]
[–] WalterzarBoBalterzar -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Home instance is lemmygrad

Yup, that checks. Try harder

Dear Reddit, who asked for this "new follower" feature? in c/[email protected]
[–] WalterzarBoBalterzar 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Unfortunately :/

I get about 2-3 of these fake follow requests per day in the official Reddit app.

I had the official app installed alongside Sync. Finally deleted the official app today.

Dear Reddit, who asked for this "new follower" feature? in c/[email protected]
[–] WalterzarBoBalterzar 2 points 2 years ago

I find it ironic how they claim about not being profitable. How many millions of dollars did they spend on various developers salaries to build this unwanted feature?

culture shock in c/4chan
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Dear Reddit, who asked for this "new follower" feature? (lemmy.world)
 

Just another nail in the coffin. Time to delete this app

*Permanently Deleted* in c/[email protected]
[–] WalterzarBoBalterzar 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

One thing that definitely worries me with federation in general is the barrier to entry to hosting an instance is low, by design. On one hand this is great, but on the other hand it means just about anyone can spin up an instance and collect usernames, passwords, emails, etc. from anyone who signs up

I know this is obviously no better than an single giant corporation who can do that. But it's interesting to think about.

I'm definitely not suggesting kbin.social is doing this by the way. Your post just spurred this thought for me

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Subscribing to communities (self.asklemmy)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by WalterzarBoBalterzar to c/[email protected]
5 comments fedilink
 

I'm having trouble subscribing to communities and I hope y'all can help. Apologies if this is a very basic question

I'm using the Jerboa app. When I find a community I click the "Subscribe" button. What's weird is from there the button changed to "Pending" as opposed to "Subscribed". What's worse is the community does not show up in my subscribed communities in the Jerboa app, meaning I can't quickly navigate back to the community. Essentially seems like I'm still not subscribed at all.

I'm very new to federated social media. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks!

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