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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • /r/BuyFromEU: "Let's settle the Reddit alternative discussion: Lemmy doesn't need to “beat Reddit”, it needs to feel effortless"

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  • I disagree that having a variety of UIs is a bad thing. I wouldn't want every instance to look like dbzero! It also highlights that Lemmy is not a single platform, it's a federation of them. Heck even reddit has two UIs!

  • Lots of Lemmy shout-outs in the comments

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  • Yeah I agree, it's designed for discussion, not shitposts.

  • A little observation I wanted to share, how lemmy's engagement per user is higher than reddit(10x by some metrics)

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  • This makes sense to me if you consider the type of person who is likely to leave reddit is also less likely to be just a passive consumer of content. I imagine in ten years time we'll have two kinds of "social" media: decentralized activitypub discussion-based networks, and commercial entertainment platforms that might have comments but little else in the way of connecting.

    Another stat I like to highlight is the moderator-to-user ratio on Lemmy (and the rest of the Fediverse) is similarly around 10x more improved.

  • Lots of Lemmy shout-outs in the comments

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  • When i said "designed for discussion" I meant that Mastodon posts are displayed in chronological order instead of sorted by engagement.

    I agree that would result in a commercial failure, but Mastodon is not commercial, not does it have an obligation to grow. So it seems to be working very well for the people who do use it.

  • Lots of Lemmy shout-outs in the comments

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  • What does "fail" mean? Twitter's algorithm is for entertainment. Mastodon is designed for discussion. Both can exist just fine, but you can't have a platform that does both well.

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    Post was deleted?

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  • Not a mod but from what you've said it sounds like your post was satirical, which violates the "on topic" rule.

    For what it's worth, THIS thread violates that rule too.

  • Alright, y'all were right, fuck Proton. This was the last straw for me.

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  • The topic of this post is that a company is charging money for altering what was previously not a restricted feature. That violates the third rule in the sidebar.

    I agree OP has a right to be upset, but this post has nothing to do with privacy.

  • Alright, y'all were right, fuck Proton. This was the last straw for me.

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  • There's no need to get upset. If you truly are having difficulty understanding my feelings on the topic and are asking in good faith, I'll explain it one more time:

    The topic of this post is that a company is charging money for it's services. That violates the third rule in the sidebar.

    Whatever mine or your feelings on the topic, it has nothing to do with privacy.

  • Alright, y'all were right, fuck Proton. This was the last straw for me.

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  • It's empty venting, and the topic is not about privacy in a meaningful capacity, it's about a business model.

    Allowing venting/drama/gossip threads in a community over time will push out the people (like myself) who care about the actual community topic. And when those people are gone what's left is a cesspit.

  • Alright, y'all were right, fuck Proton. This was the last straw for me.

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  • Hey mods just saying... I think a lot of us would appreciate having a rule against offtopic posts.

  • Those who've switched to Linux in the last year, how is it going?

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  • Although I think I’m doing something wrong and the memory in modern games is just dynamic so the correct location can’t be found with just the memory addresses.

    OK that's the same thing I was suspecting. I noticed the memory addresses had similar names, but there was no way to search for partial addresses or anything.

  • Replacement for Roku?

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  • Toyota boot screen! Love it.

  • Nova Launcher’s new owner, Instabridge, is ‘evaluating’ ads, and some users already report seeing them.

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  • Not off the top of my head, but I haven't used it in a year or two so it's probably changed a bit since then.

  • Nova Launcher’s new owner, Instabridge, is ‘evaluating’ ads, and some users already report seeing them.

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  • The one feature of Nova I wish Kvaesitso had is swiping on icons can do other things than tapping on them. For example swiping on the wallet icon opens a specific card. Swiping on podcast apps opened audiobook app instead.

  • Nova Launcher’s new owner, Instabridge, is ‘evaluating’ ads, and some users already report seeing them.

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  • You can adjust it in settings up to as many that will fit

  • Those who've switched to Linux in the last year, how is it going?

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  • I couldn't get Game Conqueror working on Bazzite. PINCE worked, but I couldn't use any existing CE configs, and saving my own didn't work the next time I loaded the game either. That could maybe just be a Silksong thing but I've never had that issue before.

    Not a dealbreaker for Linux, but it was the one time I remember thinking "this is a lot easier on Windows"

  • Nova Launcher’s new owner, Instabridge, is ‘evaluating’ ads, and some users already report seeing them.

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  • Nova Launcher’s new owner, Instabridge, is ‘evaluating’ ads, and some users already report seeing them.

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  • I am using Kvaesitso which is great, but not Nova.

  • Those who've switched to Linux in the last year, how is it going?

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  • I'm rocking Bazzite and the only time I wanted Windows was when I got stuck on a boss in Silksong and wanted to use CheatEngine.