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/r/StarTrek founder and primary steward from 2008-2021

Currently on the board of directors for StarTrek.website

  • It's a for profit company founded by jack dorsey and currently led by a cryptocurrency fanatic

  • The CEO comes from the world of crypto and it is a for profit company

  • Can you link to one of these other instances?

  • There is only one bluesky it's literally centralized

  • I didn't say extremist I said toxic but really anyone who's poorly socialized will go where they're allowed, which in Lemmy terms means general catch-all instances with loose moderation like .world and .ml.

  • If they choose to migrate to another instance, it will likely be a more extremist instance with poor moderation that has been significantly defederated.

    In theory this is how it should work, but in practice the toxic people tend to move to general purpose more laissez-faire places like .world or .ml, which makes de-federating and cutting off 30% of all users a difficult decision for anyone trying to have a community.

    The answer is less centralization, but that can't be forced. beehaw.org (for example) made the decision to cut off .world and they are better for it. But they are a large-ish instance in their own right.

  • Exactly, it also means we can have different regions for different types of conversations, much like in the real world.

  • Why would someone who doesn't like blocking and de-federation like "federated platforms"?

  • "You censored me for my opinion"

    "What opinion was it?"

    "..."

    "What opinion was it Anakin?"

  • Exactly. I remember when my favorite teacher said "This is a textbook. Check it out sometime".

  • Eh, just because you can't make a horse drink water is no reason not to lead it there.

  • I'm surprised there's no fedi version of Facebook but I'm also sure as the fediverse evolves we'll see the return of personal websites but with activitypub-based social features.

  • It's helpful not totally replace the executive branch every four years if you don't have to

  • You're not alone, there are hundreds of Lemmy users who hold equally vocal opinions over details irrelevant to the point.

  • There is so much wrong with that firehose of nonsense you just said I don't have time to correct it all. So I'll focus on this one point:

    Bitcoin may not be run by "a single government" but it is run by a small group of billionaires. You're a fool if you believe widespread adoption of it can improve things for regular people.

  • Zero bc the supreme court ruled if a mod believes it it becomes truth

  • Oh man, I remember guys like you, I almost always did the smart thing, didn't engage and muted another 30 days; but I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel a twinge of respect for the dedication to the craft.

  • I looked it up (because the air is very dry in Nevada) and about 32,000 gallons of water per day are evaporated at the Bellagio fountains.

    Source: The Las Vegas Sun

    An average car wash uses 40 gallons per car and washes a hundred cars per day: Source

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