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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • Is it really doom scrolling if it's just true?

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  • Exactly, otherwise it's just, well, scrolling.

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  • The growth of the network*

    There are many platforms in the Fediverse. The fact that the network can survive the collapse of one platform is a strength of decentralization. The Lemmy/mbin/piefed universe can only ever be exactly as big as we, the users, want it to be.

  • Pete Hegseth orders Navy to strip name of gay rights icon Harvey Milk from ship in time for Pride Month

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  • Ah yes, famous coward Harvey Milk /s

  • I think Reddit is trying to shift their platform into a media sharing social (like Instagram) rather than a discussion forum

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  • Um are you aware what community this is

  • I think Reddit is trying to shift their platform into a media sharing social (like Instagram) rather than a discussion forum

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  • You are correct and I don't mean to shame but it has been their goal for 7 years now since the redesign in 2018.

  • No one suspects a thing

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  • Looking for a theme that looks like this

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  • Suuure

  • Looking for a theme that looks like this

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  • Are you a bot lmao it looks nothing like lcars

  • What phone should I buy for privacy?

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  • Any inconveniences you've noticed with Graphene? For example I've heard tap to pay functionality doesn't work.

  • I'm very bad at convincing people to care about their privacy

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  • Well said, I was thinking maybe the entire reason OPs charisma is -1 is because they're out there trying to convince people to do something instead of just doing their own thing.

  • An EXTREMELY Simple Guide to Mastodon

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  • When using the official Mastodon app (as suggested in the "guide") "instances" are not a factor at all (unless the user specifically goes out of their way). A new user could have never even heard of the term "instance" and the above steps would work fine.

    You don’t just download the app, create an account, and go.

    Actually with Mastodon this is literally how it works.

    EDIT: I should say this is how it works now, it didn't always used to be this way. The official Mastodon app used to ask the user to pick an instance, but for a number of years now it defaults every new account to mastodon.social unless they opt out. There was a big brouhah about centralization but the Mastodon devs felt it made for easier on boarding.

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  • Potentially unpopular protip: I've blocked most of the "prolific" posters. My entire feed was becoming repurposed memes from 2015.

    I'm happy there are people out there dedicating time to keeping Lemmy "active" but that is not how I want to live my life.

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  • I love being able to have the small-forum feeling of my home instance but also feeling connected to communities elsewhere.

  • What was the biggest pill you've had to swallow about your own self or habits?

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  • TikTok → Reddit → Lemmy → ...grass?

  • Usernames using randomized nonsense

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  • If an instance has a lot of spam, admins tend to notice and block it. In the future it's likely admins will have more tools too, but for now the system works pretty well.

  • Fedora Atomic is the bomb

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  • 10/10 this is the future of Linux

    Totally agree

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  • fwiw I agree, but it doesn't appear to be considered mainstream by the guy I was replying to.

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  • Sad that NPR is not considered "mainstream" these days. Maybe Joe Rogan will post something to Facebook about it?