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Hawaiian pizza isn't 'Hawaiian' but a colonizer's invention to make tons of money in collaboration with Dole, who helped overthrow our sovereign country, resulting in genocide of Hawaiians, banning our culture, language, and erasing the history. Neither is 'Hawaiian Spaghetti.'
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It's strange to think that there is going to be any sort of rough consensus in the fediverse about federating or not federating with any particular instance large or small.
We've put a ton of effort into making sure the Web doesn't fragment at the protocol/interop level, but the most important part of the entire Fediverse exercise is how that interop level empowers people and communities to make their own choices.
I think that a Balkanized fedi is the best, healthiest possible outcome.
We've put a ton of effort into making sure the Web doesn't fragment at the protocol/interop level, but the most important part of the entire Fediverse exercise is how that interop level empowers people and communities to make their own choices.
I think that a Balkanized fedi is the best, healthiest possible outcome.
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@FuchsiaShock The juxtaposition of “...spreading misinformation for free" and “journalists need a way to compete.” Heh.
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'Latin America is taking on a pioneering role in this. In Latin America, scientific outputs are considered a public good. Free-to-publish and free-to-read cooperative publishing is supported by non-commercial and publicly funded infrastructure. Ninety-five per cent of Latin American journals are diamond open access: community-driven and collaborative platforms with no article processing charges. Their example shows us that research is a more global and diverse enterprise than is typically acknowledged. By including diverse voices, they contribute substantially to the academic landscape and the accessibility and dissemination of research3. Unfortunately, these journals tend to be excluded by indexing systems, which causes science published outside of the Global North to not receive the attention that it deserves.'
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01637-2
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The future of academic publishing - Nature Human Behaviour
Academic publishing is the backbone of science dissemination –– but is the current system fit for purpose? We asked a diverse group of scientists to comment on the future of publishing.Nature
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You've worded it well. I think the technical nature of it is to its benefit, and many server may not want to make the signup process easier, for the reasons you mentioned.
That's not how this works. If you're going to make serous accusations like that, the onus is on you to provide evidence to support them.
FWIW, I have no particular loyalty to lemmy.ml, I just joined the first instance I saw.
That depends on what instance you create an user on. For example, Lemmygrad.ml and Lemmy.ml are not the same thing, despite both belonging to Lemmy. The issues I see are having a tankie culture, and not having more points of view.
That's something we can help with, although it's not so easy. I mean, the users that are already here, we can create more content and interact more with each other, so eventually more users will come. It can be boring and tiring, but it's not impossible.
That's something absolutely new for the vast majority of people. I felt myself confused the first time I joined the fediverse too. But after some time, I felt myself less confused. Some clarifications, tutorials and support can do the real trick.
Who has reportedly been banning people for calling out said genocide denial and authoritarianism.
God, I hope so.
The majority of people in Reddit don't provide any value to conversation ~~of~~or information. We shouldn't really be sad that passive consumers don't follow the migration to Lemmy or more accurately to Fediverse.
I used reddit to get information and read news from active users and to engage in conversations within these topics.
People who won't follow us from Reddit, wouldn't have anything good to offer to this platform anyway so I don't think we should care to be honest.
Nothing of value was lost.
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Reddit perma-banning account promoting Lemmy has Streisand effect
As Reddit's enshittification reaches new heights their attempts to suppress attention for alternatives, like federated Lemmy, has the opposite effect as this Hacker News discussion shows.
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Reading criticisms of Lemmy from Reddit and other platforms like HackerNews reminds me of reading criticisms of Reddit from Digg back in 2007-2010, except they're more based on architecture instead of "it looks ugly".
Now there are things that will turn away users. There's obviously a strong leftist culture here, there are less users so less content, and obviously federation is a stumbling block for many people.
But I really think that's ok similar to what people are saying in that Hacker News thread. I wouldn't want all of Reddit to come over, and I think it's better for the culture and growth here to get a self selected trickle/stream of users instead of a deluge.
I don't think Lemmy will necessarily have the same issues as Mastodon because Twitter/Mastodon requires you to know people or know accounts to follow to be useful. Lemmy just requires communities you're interested in and a critical mass of users to drive posting and engagement. We're already seeing greater activity as more users arrive
Now there are things that will turn away users. There's obviously a strong leftist culture here, there are less users so less content, and obviously federation is a stumbling block for many people.
But I really think that's ok similar to what people are saying in that Hacker News thread. I wouldn't want all of Reddit to come over, and I think it's better for the culture and growth here to get a self selected trickle/stream of users instead of a deluge.
I don't think Lemmy will necessarily have the same issues as Mastodon because Twitter/Mastodon requires you to know people or know accounts to follow to be useful. Lemmy just requires communities you're interested in and a critical mass of users to drive posting and engagement. We're already seeing greater activity as more users arrive
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That second comment by goplayoutside says it well: "Maybe the modest technical hurdles are a feature, not a bug."
I think it is a feature, and the same is true for Mastodon and the Fediverse as a whole, imho.
I think it is a feature, and the same is true for Mastodon and the Fediverse as a whole, imho.
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I also see it as a feature. If instances have a natural active user cap, then server-based communities can't get so big as to outpace moderation. And admins have the ability to moderate local users' behaviour on off-site sublemmies by enforcing their own codes of conduct.
The internet used to be small, but expansive. It became big, but concentrated.
I liked the former. I know many people like the latter. Those people are welcome to their corporate slums.
The internet used to be small, but expansive. It became big, but concentrated.
I liked the former. I know many people like the latter. Those people are welcome to their corporate slums.
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I liked the former. I know many people like the latter. Those people are welcome to their corporate slums.
You've worded it well. I think the technical nature of it is to its benefit, and many server may not want to make the signup process easier, for the reasons you mentioned.
Very much so. It shares the load, both from a technical point of view but also from moderation and maintenance point of view.
It's actually pretty great, all of this.
It's actually pretty great, all of this.
Problem: organizations pushing a political or commercial agenda will train their agents to overcome modest technical hurdles. Spammers, in particular, will go to extreme lengths to overcome technical hurdles, including hiring people to solve CAPTCHAs.
Agreed, I remember being shocked about a decade ago learning that there were services run in developing countries where you pay about $1 for 1000 CATPCHA solves for your spam bot to pass along and a person solving it.
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While it keeps the willfully ignorant out, it can also keep people with learning disabilities out. Accessibility should always be worked on. That being said, Lemmy is certainly easy to access, Even more so than Mastodon IMHO because Mastodon you have to know people whereas lemmy all you have to do is sign up for a community
You can actually follow hashtags on mastadon, which is a lot easier then knowing users. 😀
Yeah, but none of the Twitter people were using hashtags, and a lot of them where hyper-fixated on finding their Twitter mutuals. They were just trying pretend Mastodon was a drop-in replacement for Twitter.
They didn't want to create their own space in the new place, and they didn't want to integrate with those who were already there. They just kind of wanted to ignore the fact that anything was happening, while still, I guess, engaging in slacktivism.
They didn't want to create their own space in the new place, and they didn't want to integrate with those who were already there. They just kind of wanted to ignore the fact that anything was happening, while still, I guess, engaging in slacktivism.
The most disturbing thing I've seen is the evidence that Lemmy.ml is controlled by a genocide-supporting red fascist/third positionists. If that's true, its a massive issue and makes the platform hard to trust.
Very open to learning that this isn't true, if it isn't.
Very open to learning that this isn't true, if it isn't.
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What's the source on that? That's a pretty big accusation but I'd certainly want to know if it's true.
And even if it were true, there are other instances. The only reason I'm on lemmy.ml myself is because the one that was recommended to me first was offline when I tried it, I could move somewhere else if this turns out to be true.
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When I joined Lemmy a year ago (with another user), Lemmygrad was not my piece of cake, Lemmy.ml was too big (similar to mastodon.social), Lemmy.ca was not in my continent, and I didn't notice about beehaw. So, sopuli was the only one standing: small, from Finland and not tankie.
Creating a instance can be difficult, but it's a good way when you don't like what you're offered, and it can help other people to find their home.
Creating a instance can be difficult, but it's a good way when you don't like what you're offered, and it can help other people to find their home.
So long as the entry points like join-lemmy aren't controlled, then yes it is a possibly good solution. I'm not stating facts at this point, only stating my concern about what I saw.
What concerns me just now is whether join-lemmy the website is controlled by them or not. So far I don't know if it is- But if the entry points are guarded by genocide-supporting (not denying) left-fascists, then that does pose a significant issues.
BTW, these ifs I'm using aren't rhetoric devices. I'm not stating this as fact. There seems to be indicators of concern- Is what I'm saying.
BTW, these ifs I'm using aren't rhetoric devices. I'm not stating this as fact. There seems to be indicators of concern- Is what I'm saying.
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Having been a lemmy resident for a while (this being my second account and someone who doesnt visit lemmygrad at all) is that in my experience the Devs conduct themselves professionally, impartially and generally have the patience of saints.
If you decide to stay here for a while you might form the same impression.
If you decide to stay here for a while you might form the same impression.
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Regardless of whether that's true, one of those devs seems to be a genocide supporter. Not even a denier, but a supporter.
The evidence I've seen is compiled mainly in these posts:
https://raddle.me/f/lobby/88428/so-the-dengist-who-made-lemmy-has-announced-raddle-isn-t-an
https://raddle.me/wiki/why_raddle
https://raddle.me/wiki/history
https://raddle.me/wiki/QnA_with_Emma
https://www.vice.com/en/article/zm3wbj/radical-leftists-built-their-own-reddit-after-it-banned-them
https://raddle.me/f/lobby/88428/so-the-dengist-who-made-lemmy-has-announced-raddle-isn-t-an
https://raddle.me/wiki/why_raddle
https://raddle.me/wiki/history
https://raddle.me/wiki/QnA_with_Emma
https://www.vice.com/en/article/zm3wbj/radical-leftists-built-their-own-reddit-after-it-banned-them
It stems from the fact that lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.ml cofederate, that the project leads are communists, and the claim that lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.ml off of the same IP address.
The first two points are not in contention, but I haven't, personally, been able to verify the third.
Now, lemmygrad is absolutely a trollish, auth-left hellscape. And I say that with... well, not respect, but not specific derision, either. That genuinely seems to be the aesthetic they're going for. They're not here to make friends with anyone but themselves, and they'll play apologetics for China, North Korea, and Stalin's takeover of the Soviet Republic all day long.
But even if the project leads are genuinely involved in that, it doesn't really change the fact that the project is not inextricably tied to them. It's an open source project. It can be forked, and forked again. No one actually needs lemmygrad or lemmy.ml. Or lemmy, for that matter. Everyone can hop over to Friendica and still access all of the same communities.
Shit, they're accessible from Mastodon and Calckey.
And besides, it's not like people avoid using software when it's made by white supremacist capitalist techbros. In those cases, we all basically just go "yeah, but I'm not a white supremacist capitalist techbro" and carry on with our day. And those products generally can't be wrenched from their control or oversight.
Most people chose Elon over learning that multiple websites exist...
The first two points are not in contention, but I haven't, personally, been able to verify the third.
Now, lemmygrad is absolutely a trollish, auth-left hellscape. And I say that with... well, not respect, but not specific derision, either. That genuinely seems to be the aesthetic they're going for. They're not here to make friends with anyone but themselves, and they'll play apologetics for China, North Korea, and Stalin's takeover of the Soviet Republic all day long.
But even if the project leads are genuinely involved in that, it doesn't really change the fact that the project is not inextricably tied to them. It's an open source project. It can be forked, and forked again. No one actually needs lemmygrad or lemmy.ml. Or lemmy, for that matter. Everyone can hop over to Friendica and still access all of the same communities.
Shit, they're accessible from Mastodon and Calckey.
And besides, it's not like people avoid using software when it's made by white supremacist capitalist techbros. In those cases, we all basically just go "yeah, but I'm not a white supremacist capitalist techbro" and carry on with our day. And those products generally can't be wrenched from their control or oversight.
Most people chose Elon over learning that multiple websites exist...
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Do you happen to have a link to said evidence? I'd love to review it, myself.
The evidence I've seen is compiled mainly in these posts:
https://raddle.me/f/lobby/88428/so-the-dengist-who-made-lemmy-has-announced-raddle-isn-t-an
https://raddle.me/wiki/why_raddle
https://raddle.me/wiki/history
https://raddle.me/wiki/QnA_with_Emma
https://www.vice.com/en/article/zm3wbj/radical-leftists-built-their-own-reddit-after-it-banned-them
https://raddle.me/f/lobby/88428/so-the-dengist-who-made-lemmy-has-announced-raddle-isn-t-an
https://raddle.me/wiki/why_raddle
https://raddle.me/wiki/history
https://raddle.me/wiki/QnA_with_Emma
https://www.vice.com/en/article/zm3wbj/radical-leftists-built-their-own-reddit-after-it-banned-them
So your "evidence" is 4 different links from a "competing" platform, all of which should be considered "one source" not multiple individual sources, one of which is a user post with no actual evidence shown or linked -- at least not in the body of the post, I didn't care to follow through checking the comments -- and an article from... Vice.
Not exactly what I would call reputable sources. I'm not DENYING what you're saying, I just don't see any specific evidence to support your claim. Just... Be mindful of what you're using as "source material" when you claim there's evidence.
Not exactly what I would call reputable sources. I'm not DENYING what you're saying, I just don't see any specific evidence to support your claim. Just... Be mindful of what you're using as "source material" when you claim there's evidence.
Maybe you're confusing with lemmygrad?
I'd like to read more on this, if true
I'd like to read more on this, if true
There is nothing like this even on Lemmygrad. People there do not believe, they prefer dissecting through Cold War parroting. Liberals being Cold War McCarthyist parrots is a common phenomenon and should not be surprising. They are useful idiots.
The evidence I've seen is compiled mainly in these posts:
https://raddle.me/f/lobby/88428/so-the-dengist-who-made-lemmy-has-announced-raddle-isn-t-an
https://raddle.me/wiki/why_raddle
https://raddle.me/wiki/history
https://raddle.me/wiki/QnA_with_Emma
https://www.vice.com/en/article/zm3wbj/radical-leftists-built-their-own-reddit-after-it-banned-them
https://raddle.me/f/lobby/88428/so-the-dengist-who-made-lemmy-has-announced-raddle-isn-t-an
https://raddle.me/wiki/why_raddle
https://raddle.me/wiki/history
https://raddle.me/wiki/QnA_with_Emma
https://www.vice.com/en/article/zm3wbj/radical-leftists-built-their-own-reddit-after-it-banned-them
Marxist-Leninists are not radical leftists. Do you even know what socialism is (no do not parrot the economics definition)? Do you know how many divisions exist between socialist left? What makes you such a pompous and loud person to talk on the subject, when you know nothing about such a deep subject? Westerners are so arrogant, intellectually disgusting and unhinged and do not know when to shut up.
Wow the vitriol, you’re the one assuming the worst in someone else here.
Bother someone else, internet champ. Or go learn about communism instead of eating bullshit cooked up by Washington.
Fuck, i even didn't notice that the lemmy.ml instance admin, also the Dev of lemmy and the android app has Mao as a profile cover, with Che as avatar....
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Ziq is not a trustworthy source on shit. That guy is well known for lying and impersonating people to stir up shit, and has a personal vendetta against any leftist message board that he isn't personally capable of manipulating. He impersonated me and a few other members of Hexbear in the very early days when it became clear r/ChapoTrapHouse wasn't going to settle on Raddle.
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Hm really? I saw a few links to posts on reddit with the same username as the lemmy.ml admin. Those posts were extremely Yikes.
Edit: The lemmy.ml admin was removing my posts critical of the Chinese State, so it seems true.
Edit: The lemmy.ml admin was removing my posts critical of the Chinese State, so it seems true.
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Have you ever considered analysing the TV news you consumed from western propaganda news outlets regarding "communism"? Or is it just parroting without criticising the source of "communism bad" propaganda, or trying to self criticise your position? Have you ever considered what is critical thinking, or does it feel nice to have trolling privileges while you relax in your gaming chair slinging shit on leftists?
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You are a wrecker who is trying to destroy lemmy. You will not succeed. Go back to 4chan where someone might believe your weird conspiracy theories.
I know what he is. There used to be a person like this on Lemmy probably 2 years ago, who I shut down. He left with a vow to "destroy Lemmy". There are some unhinged dumpster fires like this.
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Very open to learning that this isn’t true, if it isn’t.
That's not how this works. If you're going to make serous accusations like that, the onus is on you to provide evidence to support them.
FWIW, I have no particular loyalty to lemmy.ml, I just joined the first instance I saw.
There's obviously a strong leftist culture here
That depends on what instance you create an user on. For example, Lemmygrad.ml and Lemmy.ml are not the same thing, despite both belonging to Lemmy. The issues I see are having a tankie culture, and not having more points of view.
There are less users so less content
That's something we can help with, although it's not so easy. I mean, the users that are already here, we can create more content and interact more with each other, so eventually more users will come. It can be boring and tiring, but it's not impossible.
Federation is a stumbling block for many people
That's something absolutely new for the vast majority of people. I felt myself confused the first time I joined the fediverse too. But after some time, I felt myself less confused. Some clarifications, tutorials and support can do the real trick.
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I have to hope that main instances will stop federating Lemmygrad at some point. There's no place, IMO, for genocide denial/affirmation and authoritarian extremism on platforms like these. Or any platforms.
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Edit: Seems this is unfortunately unlikely as the lemmy.ml instance appears to be moderated by a genocide denier and authoritarian.
Who has reportedly been banning people for calling out said genocide denial and authoritarianism.
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And they removed my comments among others, for calling the Chinese state a colonial and imperialist state.
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What will the next social media trend be? Seems like the centralized options are done for (FB, TW, Reddit), but they’re not being replaced by any single solutions. Tiktok took mainly genZ. Professionals have been wanting a twitter replacement to move to since musk and have yet to figure it out (bluesky, tribel, post social, takes, mastodon, etc has no apparent frontrunner). Political apps segmented some off like parler and the right stuff. Decentralized and foss apps have all kinds of solutions but won’t likely ever attract a huge crowd. So are we seeing the end of of an era of massive centralized social media?
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So are we seeing the end of of an era of massive centralized social media?
God, I hope so.
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It's not like there's not a strong leftist culture on reddit either so I don't really see that as a problem unique to Lemmy. If Lemmy can provide a centralized-like decentralized platform, I think it can succeed.
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There isn't at all. Reddit is liberal at the very best and even then it's mostly Obama liberal, which is center right outside the most conservative parts of the world.
The leftist communities are much smaller, easily ignored, and often ridiculed in the mainstream subreddits. The gaming spaces complain about "wokeness" and criticisms of female representations among others. Thinly veiled racism and explicit transphobia abounds.
In contrast, Lemmy is full of anarchists, communists, socialists, and other anti capitalist. It has been and remains a dominantly leftist community.
The leftist communities are much smaller, easily ignored, and often ridiculed in the mainstream subreddits. The gaming spaces complain about "wokeness" and criticisms of female representations among others. Thinly veiled racism and explicit transphobia abounds.
In contrast, Lemmy is full of anarchists, communists, socialists, and other anti capitalist. It has been and remains a dominantly leftist community.
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UX is whatever. Would like to see more decentralization of large hosts to avoid it inevitably being 1 or 2 big lemmy hosts with everything.
Also cross federation logins. I was so confused why my logins weren't working on other servers.
Also cross federation logins. I was so confused why my logins weren't working on other servers.
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A few hundred people will migrate but the majority will put up with shit, because they're used to swimming in it.
It will be a small percentage of Reddit. But even small percentage is way, way more than a few hundred. And the most active users (mods, post makers, etc.) are the most likely to move. The casuals who just scroll are the most likely to stay. It’s the former that make most of the content.
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I don’t. I want people who will take the extra time to add to the discussion. Most people aren’t going to want to acclimate to the fediverse which I think will filter out a lot of nonsense.
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but the majority will put up with shit
The majority of people in Reddit don't provide any value to conversation ~~of~~or information. We shouldn't really be sad that passive consumers don't follow the migration to Lemmy or more accurately to Fediverse.
I used reddit to get information and read news from active users and to engage in conversations within these topics.
People who won't follow us from Reddit, wouldn't have anything good to offer to this platform anyway so I don't think we should care to be honest.
Nothing of value was lost.
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I think to an extent that depends on how much effort/funds the devs are willing to put in to keep sites online. Say 100k people want to come and have a look on the 12th. ~1/10 of those would create accounts, if the server falls over at 11am and stays down then only 10k people will see the site, maybe 1k sign up.
If the server is up all day then I think you'd see much larger adoption.
If the server is up all day then I think you'd see much larger adoption.
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Yeah, even some documentation sections look like manifestos but you can't disagree to be honest.
Reddit and the top media brought it on themselves.
Reddit and the top media brought it on themselves.
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I loved that page so much. It's 100% truth what has happened, at least in my opinion.
You sure can! I am doing that now on my own Lemmy post 😃
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was trying out how to do it. Coming from hubzilla originally I was used to comment on the foreign instance directly, here on Mastodon I need to deal with copying links etc...
I tried that, but I couldn’t get it to work. Oh well, two accounts won’t kill me.
I was made aware of lemmy because of this. Joined.
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I now have my next project: Lemmy. Going to start on it this afternoon.
I'm really hoping this is too advanced for 90% of Reddit users. Reddit is such a shithole compared to 10 years ago.
Hilarious that a #HackerNews top voted comment on a post wrt #Reddit censoring mentions of #Lemmy effectively argues that the latter is "too geeky and hard to use" and that the former two won't be displaced because they're well known and easy to approach.
These people have ZERO self awareness. Never mind understanding about the legacy of their forums.
@humanetech
These people have ZERO self awareness. Never mind understanding about the legacy of their forums.
@humanetech
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the same will happen with kbin, even tho its interface is hyper similar to reddit. pretty sure that's gonna be another case of "too geeky, unusable, unstable, useless, sh!tty reddit ripoff and bad".
the "useless", as one guy said (not on here) when i mentioned lemmy: "Another sh*tty reddit ripoff? Useless"
the "useless", as one guy said (not on here) when i mentioned lemmy: "Another sh*tty reddit ripoff? Useless"
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I saw a similar thread on Reddit itself. They had several sources that claimed mastodon had "failed to convert Twitter users", and therefore the fediverse was a waste of time and would never catch on.
I just chuckled because the longer they stay away, the better the fediverse will be (for me).
I just chuckled because the longer they stay away, the better the fediverse will be (for me).
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For everyone.
Reddit just got worse the more people used it.
Reddit just got worse the more people used it.
I remember reddit was sorta seen that way back in the day. The concept of of subreddits that had different sorting features and the like was a lot different than forums way back when
I'm here because they banned it. Figure if they are threatened by lemmy it must be good.
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This is how to treat Billionaires:
"Swiss billionaire jailed over asbestos-related deaths in Italian town
Stephan Schmidheiny found guilty of causing deaths of 392 people in Casale Monferrato in Piedmont"
12 years in jail for a 73-year-old, Italy isn't messing around
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/08/stephan-schmidheiny-swiss-billionaire-jailed-over-asbestos-related-deaths-piedmont-italy
"Swiss billionaire jailed over asbestos-related deaths in Italian town
Stephan Schmidheiny found guilty of causing deaths of 392 people in Casale Monferrato in Piedmont"
12 years in jail for a 73-year-old, Italy isn't messing around
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/08/stephan-schmidheiny-swiss-billionaire-jailed-over-asbestos-related-deaths-piedmont-italy
More of this!! No fines, take away their freedom and you'd be surprised how fast these criminals/business people change how they operate
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'CURATOR - Animated Short Film' by Ali Hoff
https://blenderartists.org/t/curator-animated-short-film/1466805
#b3d #blender3d #blenderart #blenderrender #blendercommunity
https://blenderartists.org/t/curator-animated-short-film/1466805
#b3d #blender3d #blenderart #blenderrender #blendercommunity
CURATOR - Animated Short Film
A short film I made over the course of a couple of months. It’s the first time I’ve attempted something of this size and learned a lot in the process. The texturing is all shader to RGB stuff in eevee along with freestyle for the outlines.Blender Artists Community
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Ten years ago, Edward Snowden revealed details about US mass surveillance, including the role of the UK's GCHQ in gathering comms data globally.
Our Exec Director @jim marks the anniversary of the revelations: what they told us then and where we are now.
#surveillance #snowden #NSA
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/snowden-revelations-ten-years-on/
Our Exec Director @jim marks the anniversary of the revelations: what they told us then and where we are now.
#surveillance #snowden #NSA
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/snowden-revelations-ten-years-on/
Snowden Revelations: Ten Years On
Ten years ago, the first revelations about US mass surveillance were published in the UK and USA.Open Rights Group
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New #Calckey
release candidate!
⚠️ Edit: A hotfix was released as v14.0.0-rc2b! Please update to that!
So... this took a while. But without further ado, here are the:
v14.0.0-rc2 Release Notes
We are thrilled to announce a major release, including over 900 commits from various contributors, featuring an array of enhancements and new features.
Major changes:
Post Editing: 🧪 You asked, and we've delivered. Now you can view post edits from other Fediverse platforms and edit your own posts, making it easier than ever to correct mistakes or make updates. The ability to view post history is coming soon. @supakaity@blahaj.zone@april@calckey.social
Post Imports: 🧪 We've reintroduced the ability to import posts from other Misskey and Calckey instances, as well as Mastodon and Pleroma/Akkoma instances. Twitter archive import is coming soon... @april@calckey.social
Expanded Post Design: Introducing an improved and expanded post design, now with the added feature of tabs, making distinguishing between different interactions on posts seamless. @freeplay@calckey.social
New Header Design: Our sleek, new header design gives you more options for engagement, makes navigation easier, and just overall looks better. Centered icons ftw! @freeplay@calckey.social
Accessibility: We've taken big strides to make our platform more inclusive. Expect improved navigation with focus trapping, comprehensive aria labels, accessible form inputs, more control over UI animations, and much more. @freeplay@calckey.social
Server Silences: No longer do you have to choose between only federating and purely blocking another server. Admins can now silence misbehaving but non-harmful instances. @nmkj@calckey.jp
Modmail System: Moderators will appreciate this: mods can now send anonymous messages to users with moderation notes. This feature is still early in development, and may change in the near future.
New MFM effects: We've introduced two new MFM effects:
Performance upgrades everywhere: with more Rust on the backend and heavy optimizations on the frontend, Calckey feels snappier than ever!
MeiliSearch: Servers with more resources can enjoy a faster search engine with filters! @privateger@plasmatrap.com
Channel Search: Discover new channels with our new channel search feature. It's often frustrating to not be able to find channels on large servers, and this should make it easier. Even better channel discovery is coming soon. @naskya@post.naskya.net
More Translations: We've added more translations in over 10 languages, all with the help of people like you. If you know a non-English language, we accept community translations over at our weblate.
Dev Server Template: We've revamped our server template for developers, making the development process more intuitive. @pyrox@social.pyrox.dev
Improved System Emails: We've refined our system emails to be more informative and user-friendly.
Numerous Bug Fixes: We've dedicated significant effort to squash many bugs in this update, enhancing the overall performance and user experience.
cuid2 IDs: the old ID generation methods have all been deprecated in favor of cuid2, which leads to better security and less chances of errors. @nmkj@calckey.jp
Notes:
Full changelog: https://codeberg.org/calckey/calckey/src/branch/develop/CHANGELOG.md#14-0-0-rc2-2023-06-06
Upgrade instructions:
New #Calckeyrelease candidate! ⚠️ Edit: A hotfix was released as v14.0.0-rc2b! Please update to that!
So... this took a while. But without further ado, here are the:
v14.0.0-rc2 Release Notes
We are thrilled to announce a major release, including over 900 commits from various contributors, featuring an array of enhancements and new features.
Major changes:
Post Editing: 🧪 You asked, and we've delivered. Now you can view post edits from other Fediverse platforms and edit your own posts, making it easier than ever to correct mistakes or make updates. The ability to view post history is coming soon. @supakaity@blahaj.zone@april@calckey.social
Post Imports: 🧪 We've reintroduced the ability to import posts from other Misskey and Calckey instances, as well as Mastodon and Pleroma/Akkoma instances. Twitter archive import is coming soon... @april@calckey.social
Expanded Post Design: Introducing an improved and expanded post design, now with the added feature of tabs, making distinguishing between different interactions on posts seamless. @freeplay@calckey.social
New Header Design: Our sleek, new header design gives you more options for engagement, makes navigation easier, and just overall looks better. Centered icons ftw! @freeplay@calckey.social
Accessibility: We've taken big strides to make our platform more inclusive. Expect improved navigation with focus trapping, comprehensive aria labels, accessible form inputs, more control over UI animations, and much more. @freeplay@calckey.social
Server Silences: No longer do you have to choose between only federating and purely blocking another server. Admins can now silence misbehaving but non-harmful instances. @nmkj@calckey.jp
Modmail System: Moderators will appreciate this: mods can now send anonymous messages to users with moderation notes. This feature is still early in development, and may change in the near future.
New MFM effects: We've introduced two new MFM effects:
$[fade ] and $[crop ] (and the new .delay modifier for all animated effects), and people are already doing really cool things with it! @Kiko@calckey.social@freeplay@calckey.socialPerformance upgrades everywhere: with more Rust on the backend and heavy optimizations on the frontend, Calckey feels snappier than ever!
MeiliSearch: Servers with more resources can enjoy a faster search engine with filters! @privateger@plasmatrap.com
Channel Search: Discover new channels with our new channel search feature. It's often frustrating to not be able to find channels on large servers, and this should make it easier. Even better channel discovery is coming soon. @naskya@post.naskya.net
More Translations: We've added more translations in over 10 languages, all with the help of people like you. If you know a non-English language, we accept community translations over at our weblate.
Dev Server Template: We've revamped our server template for developers, making the development process more intuitive. @pyrox@social.pyrox.dev
Improved System Emails: We've refined our system emails to be more informative and user-friendly.
Numerous Bug Fixes: We've dedicated significant effort to squash many bugs in this update, enhancing the overall performance and user experience.
cuid2 IDs: the old ID generation methods have all been deprecated in favor of cuid2, which leads to better security and less chances of errors. @nmkj@calckey.jp
Notes:
Full changelog: https://codeberg.org/calckey/calckey/src/branch/develop/CHANGELOG.md#14-0-0-rc2-2023-06-06
Upgrade instructions:
git pull --ff
git checkout beta
pnpm clean-all && pnpm i
NODE_ENV=production pnpm run build && pnpm run migrate
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I want to make a creature design portfolio with really consistent pieces of work using the the workflow of Hardy Fowler, from Digital Painting Studio. I'm just in time for the last day of #Mermay, so here you go: A mermaid/merfolk inspired by an #Oarfish! I forgot to record the creation process, unfortunately. I'm probably going to focus on creature design the coming weeks, so you can expect more of these kinds of work.
#FantasyArt #CreatureDesign #Mermaid #Merfolk
#FantasyArt #CreatureDesign #Mermaid #Merfolk
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The shading on its face, the texture, the pose, its all so damn good!
@sml Ah, thanks! It really worked using the workflow of Hardy Fowler. Check out this tutorial if you're interested: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z9avv3nTfms
Concept Art Tutorial: Creating an Organic Creature with Digital Painting
Let's design and render a creepy organic creature. I'll go through my process of using value edges to create believable musculature, skin and all kinds of fl...YouTube
Thanks, I'll definitely check it out!
This kind of art reminds me a lot of the stuff from Bobby Rebholz, I'm a huge fan of his pencil art. The depth and detail he creates is insane.
This kind of art reminds me a lot of the stuff from Bobby Rebholz, I'm a huge fan of his pencil art. The depth and detail he creates is insane.
@bestiaexmachina Thanks, that's good to hear 😁 I had been staring at it for such a long time that I really started to doubt if it was any good design. Probably need to look at it with fresh eyes in a few days.
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Be like Gladis, get up and Carpe this MFing Diem.
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Statement from
Roger Waters
after Berlin‘s finest police force is after him for wearing a nazi uniform at a recent concert.
Krautland is a disgrace.
They haven’t learned one thing over the past 80 years.
Fuck them real nazis.
Roger Waters
after Berlin‘s finest police force is after him for wearing a nazi uniform at a recent concert.
Krautland is a disgrace.
They haven’t learned one thing over the past 80 years.
Fuck them real nazis.
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@wyliesauLmao, "i don't often dog whistle, but when i do it's in front thousands of people under the guise of performing art".
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The new report found that this past year, out of a $1.8 trillion federal discretionary budget, the U.S. spent a staggering $1.1 trillion – or 62% – of that budget on militarism and war.
https://popularresistance.org/new-report-1-1-trillion-or-62-of-the-federal-discretionary-budget-was-spent-on-militarism-and-war-last-year/
https://popularresistance.org/new-report-1-1-trillion-or-62-of-the-federal-discretionary-budget-was-spent-on-militarism-and-war-last-year/
New Report: $1.1 Trillion Was Spent On Militarism And War Last Year
Washington, D.C. – On May 24, the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies released a critical new analysis of the militarized budget in the United States, “The Warfare State: How Funding for Militarism Compromises our Welfare…Christopher Johnson (PopularResistance.Org)
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Chromebooks foisted on students? Teachers monitoring what children do outside of the classroom via nonfree software? Surveillance of children is common, and it's at your child's school, too. Support #FreeSoftware https://u.fsf.org/32h
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“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars, it's where the rich use public transport.”
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Every day we become more ignorant until we see definitive proof that the rich are exploiting us.
This is that proof.
This is that proof.
Elected officials taking public transit to work is not a big State Secret. When Michael was Governor of Massachusetts, he often took the Boston MBTA to his State House office. That’s just one example.
A negative attitude is not an asset. Take time to celebrate and acknowledge the good things that are happening. If the good things don’t get highlighted, people might will think good things are happening.
A negative attitude is not an asset. Take time to celebrate and acknowledge the good things that are happening. If the good things don’t get highlighted, people might will think good things are happening.
I believe it's customary to include a photo of Paul McCartney on a train with this quote?
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It's an incorrect attribution, wrong Colombian politician, it was Enrique Peñalosa instead: https://kottke.org/21/11/where-the-rich-use-public-transportation
Where the Rich Use Public Transportation…
I ran across this quote while reading about what makes Tokyo work as a city: A developed country is not a place where the poor hakottke.org
A slight paraphrase. He said "City" not country and he said it during his tenure as Mayor of Bogotá.
It's a quote I use often.
Good to see it in that form; where is it?
It's a quote I use often.
Good to see it in that form; where is it?
true, as long as poors can also use the same public transport. Not so true when you look at the price of train tickets
He was probably quoting Enrique Peñalosa, former mayor of Bogotá, right?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-10-03/a-love-letter-to-the-delhi-metro
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-10-03/a-love-letter-to-the-delhi-metro
A Love Letter to the Delhi Metro
A warm reminder of just how well the international citizenship of public transit translates.Bloomberg
developed country is a country where public transport is cheap enough for poor people and has high enough standard for wealthy class to use it daily.
ca.2006, eine gute Freundin erzählt mir, wie sie beim Aussteigen in der S Bahn in Bern etwas zu hastig war und in jemanden hineingelaufen ist. Kurze Entschuldigung, dann die Erkenntnis. Es war der damalige Bundespräsident (CH). 2023, Youtube erzählt mir, es gab große Aufregung, weil sich ein Zivilist unter die Bodyguards von Bundeskanzler (D) beim Einsteigen in dessen gepanzerte Limousine gemischt hat. #verkehrswende
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I am thrilled to announce that UX and UI designer @menica is joining us to improve Godot and gamedev education!
The expertise of UX designers is unfortunately still often undervalued, so we will try to share her work and show you all the things an experienced designer sees that we often miss or don't even think about.
She will work on making educational content more accessible, interactive, and interesting.
The expertise of UX designers is unfortunately still often undervalued, so we will try to share her work and show you all the things an experienced designer sees that we often miss or don't even think about.
She will work on making educational content more accessible, interactive, and interesting.
@gdquest Oh that's a piece of big news! 😍 I really like the work of @menica and I'm sure she'll contribute a lot to make Godot better. Congratz! 👍
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Private and encrypted messenger SimpleX Chat has released version 5.1, which includes message reactions and a self-destruct passcode, among other updates.
https://alternativeto.net/news/2023/5/simplex-chat-5-1-has-been-released-with-message-reactions-and-self-destruct-passcode/
https://alternativeto.net/news/2023/5/simplex-chat-5-1-has-been-released-with-message-reactions-and-self-destruct-passcode/
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#simplex is definitely my top pick for secure and anonymous IM...I recommend it to everyone😀. It keeps getting better every release. I'd say it's almost as accessible as signal now.
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Totally agree, that's how the real world works. Representation at the local level, human scale...think "Monkey Sphere"
https://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html
@Hank G ☑️