rainfern

joined 1 year ago
[–] rainfern 3 points 1 year ago

I don't think reddit started out as a for profit company. iirc it started as some dudes sharing links. I knew a site like that back in the day. Link aggregator and forum made by one dude because he liked the community.

[–] rainfern 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Oh they're absolutely tankies, dessalines website is crystal clear on that. To me this is simply a test of the fediverse. If it works as intended, the devs political orientation shouldn't matter. We'll see.

[–] rainfern 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That blue light thing is pseudo-science. Bodily activity though, yup, that's a big one.

[–] rainfern 1 points 1 year ago

It seems that those of us who look beyond the hype are a minority. Lemmy has potential but also serious problems. Bots are an obvious one, meta and co invading sooner or later is another. Tankies are something that we need to keep talking about and keep an eye on any politically influenced moderating, esp. on lemmy.ml

[–] rainfern 9 points 1 year ago

Indeed. Email is a good analogy to explain the federation principle, not to argue about the finer details. But going along with it, spam email is being blocked. Whole IP ranges are blocked ("defederated") by spam filters, because otherwise, good grief...

[–] rainfern 12 points 1 year ago

We absolutely do not need meta. The fediverse is doing just fine. There must be exactly zero tolerance for their likes. Nothing, absolutely nothing good can come from meta if you have been paying any attention at all. They do not benefit users, they milk them.

As the saying goes...

KILL IT BEFORE IT LAYS EGGS

[–] rainfern 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean sure, good news is always welcome, but if I'm bombarded by a website by cookie request, download the app AND fullscreen newslettersignup popups... I'm out. Jesus christ.

[–] rainfern -2 points 1 year ago

The downvoting is part of the joke (:

[–] rainfern 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly. Those are the kinds of personalities that can commit atrocities.

At least lemmy wasn't started by tankies... oh wait.

[–] rainfern 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

See my response to the other person.

 

I'm using Jerboa and while I was able to comment initially, it first started saying "deleted" immediately after posting and now it says "language_not_allowed" and the comment is gone, irrespective of content. What's up with that?

 

Without that level control over my feed, I'll probably go back to the other place. I thought self-determination is part of the fediverse mission, but so far that is much easier on reddit. Is that feature in planning for any of the major hubs (kbin/lemmy/beehaw)?

 

Yes, so I want to browse all but actually control the content, block instances, block keywords, etc... currently using Jerboa, but not married to it.

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