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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).
Reddit got bad long before they restricted API access. That's what was the final drop for many people, but it wasn't the beginning at all.
I agree that growing would be a benefit for Lemmy though. While I wouldn't dismiss the dangers of a growing community entirely, we can just defederate from or block problematic parts in theory. So I wouldn't say we're in quite the same danger as centralized platforms.
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Why AI might be behind a surge in cases of mushroom poisoning.
French toxicovigilance specialists warned of a jump in mushroom poisoning cases they suspect resulted from using AI to identify species as the autumn mushroom season enters its peak.
Identifying mushrooms is often too complex a task for artificial intelligence.
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Enshittification started as soon as owners of popular sites realized they can’t keep everything free for long, they felt it was time to make money. And begin getting rid of content deemed hostile to advertisers and corporate sponsors.
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@publicvoit I don't share your interpretation at all. I think people discuss LLMs everywhere these days. Once an individual has reached a conclusion and wants to sign up for Human Emacs, then there is no point to discuss LLMs with the other signatories.
I also don't understand the qualifications you make regarding cancel culture and over-stressed political correctness. To me, not wanting to collaborate with people who have terrible opinions is the most natural thing to do. Sometimes I have to. Sometimes its expedient not to know. But other than that, having values and living up to them is what I expect of everybody and specifically of those I am going to collaborate with.
> I don't share your interpretation at all.
Which interpretation? That they don't want to discuss? Made very clear on https://human-emacs.org/
> people who have terrible opinions
That's the point. Who defines what "terrible" means? I don't see any direct connection between people who want to discuss LLMs and "terrible opinion".
Hand-drawn dino adventure Zid Journey gets a new trailer, set to arrive in Q2 2027 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/hand-drawn-dino-adventure-zid-journey-gets-a-new-trailer-set-to-arrive-in-q2-2027/
#ZidJourney #NativeLinux #Steam #GOG #IndieGame #Point&Click #Adventure
@gamingonlinux Thank you!
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Hand-drawn dino adventure Zid Journey gets a new trailer, set to arrive in Q2 2027 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/hand-drawn-dino-adventure-zid-journey-gets-a-new-trailer-set-to-arrive-in-q2-2027/
#ZidJourney #NativeLinux #Steam #GOG #IndieGame #Point&Click #Adventure
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Over the past few days, I've been working on some Linux-based setups, bringing back some of my old solutions (with a few adaptations) to make them work the way I like. Mostly inspired by some of the ideas of simplicity that come from the BSD world.
I'm using Alpine Linux as a base, and I've been testing these setups on both proper servers and SBCs, for various reasons.
And, all things considered, some distributions (like Alpine, for example) have remained fairly true to the original ideas of simplicity and predictability. I still enjoy using Linux when it’s logical and predictable.
And this got me thinking: some distributions have gone from:
"Hey, we're a solid, simple, and reliable alternative to Windows. Give us a try!"
to:
"Hey, we support practically all your hardware, just like Windows" (which, to be fair, was a real achievement)
to:
"Hey, Windows! I’ve become just like you!"
As if complexity automatically meant "enterprise-grade", and being "enterprise-grade" were something everyone should aspire to - even on a laptop or a small SBC.
There's nothing wrong with solving complex problems. Some complexity is unavoidable, and sometimes even necessary. But complexity should be the price we sometimes have to pay to solve problems, not something we proudly advertise as a feature.
Otherwise, we end up exactly where we started: just like Windows. Or perhaps even worse.
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size is not what made reddit bad. commercialization is.
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.
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One reason AI companies are so eager to report FOSS vulnerabilities is that doing so creates the perception of need. Doesn't matter if they're mostly low-risk or low-priority. Doesn't matter that they were mostly discovered by actual cybersecurity researchers. The perception of need is the point. Volume serves that aim. Dropping 50 reports on a project makes people to think, "Wow, we're cooked without AI." That many reports at once overwhelms the maintainers? Guess they need AI to keep up.
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La cabecera de la Manifestación en #ColladoVillalba #11N #huelgaGeneral
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RT: @_BoldPolitics "If Andy Burnham wants to wreck his premiership on the shoals of Zionism, I don't wish him luck".
Listen to the full conversation between @BenMoser123 and @ZackPolanski now: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bold-politics-with-zack-polanski/id1837201724?i=1000801108794
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No, what made Reddit bad was incivility, bots, trite comments, and theme accounts (and my axe!). It was massively popular, which exacerbated this stuff, and it incentivized upvotes.
Lemmy has upvotes but people seem less interested in them.
Here, we have the ability to mute toxic groups (defederate). We are decentralized, so it’s not just one dickhead in charge. Our users are, for the most part, civil and somewhat intelligent and funny.
I was with Reddit from 2012-2015ish and then lurking on and off until the API shit storm, and we are nothing like Reddit in my opinion - not that that was the intent of the original post but still
I’m trying to think of a non technical analogy for what is happening. It’s like there’s a new supervillain who isn’t super strong or super smart, but his super power is just knowing the most embarrassing thing every company has ever swept under the rug for twenty years.
@hacks4pancakes it's easier to validate whether an exploit would work than it is to validate whether sometrhing is secure.
It's a hell of a lot easier for me to eat a pizza than to make one - uh... test to see whether a pizza is tasty than to make a pizza that's tasty
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Jeg mener, at når Store Bededag genindføres, så bør den lægges 11 november.
- der er stort set ingen andre fridage her.
- det er elvte i elvte (ælte i ælte), og dermed burde bagerne være glade og sælge varme hveder.
- onkelhumoren får også et klap på skulderen og kan kalde den Store Bolledag.
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Esta mañá a clase traballadora enchemos as rúas da Coruña.
Dereito á vivenda e salario decente para poder vivir dignamente.
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STOP TRYING TO CARVE OUT AN ETHICAL EXCEPTION FOR CODE! 😡
I don't consider code to be even *slightly* different in *any* way to writing, visual art, music, spoken word, video, etc.
If you think slop art is bad, but oh it's OK to use LLMs for the coding part, you are deluding yourself and I'm fucking sick of it.
Slop is slop is slop is slop is slop.
I should clarify I'm not upset in particular with House House. I'm upset with Valve, I'm upset with the industry, I'm upset with *waves hands and gestures wildly* ☹️
The reason total bans are worthwhile, regardless of arguments for utility, is we avoid all these ridiculous compromises. "Just a little nuclear weapon" isn't a thing, "just a little smoking in this restaurant" isn't a thing, "just a little meth before school" isn't a thing.
Either you do a 100% ban, or…? Well, it's game over.
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I’m subscribed but there still seems to be an issue with the federation for Lemmy.
