I would try to pull rank here, but I only have two hammers. I love em both.

@aurynn of course it is. I learned that from Civ V

It’s not a requirement, but whatever leads you to Lemmy will also lead you to Linux. Whether that’s anti-corporatism, anti-capitalism, pro-open-source, just counter-culture, or whatever else. They’re the same side of different coins. (I don’t think this is a real phrase, but it works. They aren’t actually related, but they’re equivalent.)

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/37870004

reddit got bad because spez (the reddit admin) restricted API access to the platform for third-party apps, such that people would be forced to use the official app or web UI, both of which display advertisement and collect user data (e.g. scroll behavior).

the reason why this happened is because reddit is a for-profit company and tries to extract money out of the userbase, at the expense of the users.

another example of a bad decision that reddit made was to push a lot of ragebait (“Am I The Asshole?”) because company shareholders want to see “engagement numbers” go up, and if somebody writes an angry reply to a post, that’s “engagement”. but it makes you angry at the stupidity of the “Asshole”, so it makes your day worse. that is another example how reddit makes money at the expense of the users.

size (number of monthly active users) is not what made reddit bad. commercialization is.

we should probably get rid of the “don’t make lemmy grow, it will ruin the platform if we grow” idea.

@Andres4NY Yep. You’ve got it 😆

protip: if you want to feel like an absolute genius here, all you have to do is read the actual articles before going to the comments.

You dropped this: ‽

Saw a post saying some shitty Christian lemmy instance was spamming bullshit on one of their latest posts, I said something along the lines of “probably Russians”. Come to find out my comment was removed and I was banned… then to find out they effectively have a CCP agent running town… lol.

I’ve seen people mention they were a garbage instance, now I know why! They said I broke rule 1 … this might just be the app I’m using but they don’t even have any fucking rules to look at lmao.

Glad they did the work for me and made it easy to avoid them.

Thanks (as always) for all the updates 😊

@jalefkowit

Make him pay…

Hot take... Prolog is underrated. A lot of you been sleeping on logic programming just because it was an 80s fad and part of the first AI winter. But it was legitimately a useful technique for solving lots of problems.

It reminds me a little of the old internet. I like how relatively small it feels, and that people post content for the sake of the content, not to promote themselves. I haven’t found my usual corners yet, the ones I used to hang out in on older platforms, but I figure that’s just a matter of time. I’m not super nostalgic for the old internet or anything, but it’s nice to find at least a hint of something human-centered somewhere.

I hope it doesn’t fall apart and that it keeps growing.

I was skeptical when I switched to Linux, but then I ditched Windows on my dual boot for good. It was a hugely positive experience, and it really felt like freedom. I’m hoping this will be the same.

And don’t be mad at me if I act totally clueless here sometimes 'cause all that is new to me.

THE FREEZE
Rabid Reaction
2021 U.S. RSD reissue

An absolute classic from my home state of Massachusetts, and the greatest thing to ever come out of Cape Cod.

I first learned of The Freeze when I was a VERY young kid, probably 8 or 9.
My then-teenage sister’s boyfriend made me a cassette copy of the seminal This Is Boston, Not L.A. comp, an incredible collection of punk from six Masshole bands; including Gang Green, Jerry’s Kids, F.U.’s, The Groinoids, and The Proletariat.

The Freeze were the band that stuck out the most, but it would be quite some time before I’d be able to procure my own CD copy of Rabid Reaction, which would have been around ‘91 while shopping at Newbury Comics.

Glad this got reissued so that younger punks could find it.
It’s so good.

Original 7” singles of “Don't Forget Me Tommy / I Hate Tourists” go for hundreds of dollars.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music #punk #80s #1980s

Woah, I’m not advocating for free speech absolutism, you’ve misunderstood my position. I want more empowered/activist mods as well, all I am saying is that it isnt simple.

The problem with “set the rules and enforce them” is that the assholes will rules-lawyer the mods into the ground. They’ll post stuff that the flirts around the edges of the rules, and when punished for it, will harass the mods relentlessly via yepowertrippingmods.

There’s no quick and easy solutions here.