LedgeDrop 1y ago • 100%
Eh, don't be so sure.
Email is often drawn as something similar to the fediverse. ... but if you've ever tried to run a small Mailserver, you'll quickly find that "the big corps" have created a walled garden that'll keep the "small fish" out.
It's all based on what the big players view as your "reputation". This is based on proprietary metrics (usually how many emails you send), but your reputation will determine if the email is delivered or not.
You can find more information here.
... but the point is that one big corps consolidate and reach the size (in terms of traffic/content) like Hotmail, Gmail, yahoo, etc - they will not hesitate to squeeze out the smaller fediverse fish to force them into paying to use the bigger pond.
Sadly ... this is just business as usual.
LedgeDrop 1y ago • 83%
I was also using jerboa (and beehaw hasn't upgraded, either).
I ended up exploring other apps and are really liking thunder (it reminds me of baconreader).
Another honorable mention is liftoff.
Tbh, I don't know why jerboa was released as "stable" but with a forced server upgrade. It seems a bit strong armed. Anyway, I'm thrilled that other applications exist, so I get the continued functionality I want w/o needing the admins to accommodate me.
LedgeDrop 1y ago • 100%
Oh, I hope this (eventually) works with Skyrim VR!
LedgeDrop 1y ago • 100%
Do you have any suggestions for finding decent "gently used laptops"? The few times I've looked (ebay, Craigslist, etc) they've been pretty shady (looks fine, runs like it's eaten a litter of dust bunnies).
I stumbled upon this and I immediately thought of this channel. Someone is running a bot that'll scrape a website-that-shall-not-be-named. It'll only mirror threads (not comments) and the author / community seem very passionate to subvert any api limits that the scraped company may impose.
LedgeDrop 1y ago • 100%
I didn't know it was open source until 2018. According to the article, they needed to go close-sourced due to the video player (lol)
... But you can find the original source code at: https://github.com/reddit-archive/reddit1.0
I really wonder if this is the code for https://old.reddit.com
LedgeDrop 1y ago • 100%
From what I've read: I don't think so.
The tools for user and site admins to moderate/filter is rough at best.
I think we, as users, can only "block" each group and site admins can only defederate (which effects all registered users)
LedgeDrop 1y ago • 100%
This appears now be "sold out"
LedgeDrop 1y ago • 100%
Yup, that's me. I'm trying to make lemmy my new home and limit my access to Reddit (vote with your feet). I still check Reddit for the polls and a few nitch communities that don't exist on Lemmy (yet)
LedgeDrop 1y ago • 100%
Oh now that you mention it, a sharable link would be a must. This would promote curated "Awesome..." repos/links.
It would be ideal if it were part of the fediverse naming convention. For example "/m/multi-subreddit-name/c/group1@domain1/c/group2@domain2/..."
It would allow full transparency, the ability to update / change it... places could even provide URL shorteners for it.
Edit 2: formatting (come'on Lemmy don't let me down)
LedgeDrop 1y ago • 100%
Wow, is that how Lemmy really works? Beehaw disables the downvote, but since I federated through it - I cannot downvote anywhere in the fediverse.
I wonder if this means that people from outside of Beehaw can downvote threads posted in Beehaw (anyone is welcome to downvote my Beehaw responses - in the name of science, mind you :)
I'm really going to have to think about hosting my own Lemmy server. It sounds like whoever's site you register through has quiet a bit of control (especially outside of their respective site).
You mentioned that you're hosting your own Lemmy server. Have you had any issues accessing or being accessed by others in the fediverse?
One click to claim here... https://www.gog.com/giveaway/claim Then unsub your email here... https://www.gog.com/en/account/settings/subscriptions Steam reviews here... https://store.steampowered.com/app/716640/Sigma_Theory_Global_Cold_War/
LedgeDrop 1y ago • 100%
One feature suggestion for Lemmy someone made: Create something like a multi-subreddit with Lemmy groups .
I love the idea. Basically, you could toss all the fragemented tech topics into a single multi-subreddit, giving you the ability to browse through a single topic but spanning different Lemmy installations.
LedgeDrop 1y ago • 100%
Another random thought: Can we increase the title limit (200 characters)?
I'd posted a "low effort" (bundle) [https://beehaw.org/post/577245], but needed to cut some content in the title due to the 200 character limit.
($25 for The Walking Dead Saints & Sinners 2 and Dragon Fist: VR Kung Fu, $18 for The Walking Dead Saints & Sinners, Pistol Whip, Green Hell VR, $12 for Warhammer Age of Sigmar and Maskmaker)
LedgeDrop 1y ago • 100%
Wow, I noticed the prices in different currencies. Fantastic work!
I've got one question: since the community is rather small, would it be possible to enable the downvote button? I'm not certain if this is a site-wide setting or not.
This would allow us to weigh "good deals" vs "okay deals" vs "shovelware"... which means more relevant deals will rise to the top and would probably attract more people (creating a positive feedback loop)
LedgeDrop 1y ago • 100%
I immensely appreciate your transparency on this issue and the goal to create a safe-space for people.
Originally, I didn't agree with the enacted solution... but your previous post - did add a lot of context (I'd suggest to those who don't agree with the policy change to read it first, before commenting).
I hope these moderation tools are developed quickly - so this "quick fix/nuke" can be removed.
LedgeDrop 1y ago • 100%
In principle I agree with karma turned posts into people gaming the system.
However, I've heard one of the struggles for Lemmy Communities is to keep people from lurking.
Karma might be a stupid feature but it is/was a cheap way of driving participation - it could help Lemmy (especially at this early stage). Even if karma encouraged people to just up voted, it still raised visibility on the more interesting topics.
LedgeDrop 1y ago • 100%
Malicious Compliant Deep Thoughts : You could create a group here on Lemmy, start topics and discussions there. Then link those Lemmy posts on Reddit. The Reddit Users will figure it out. :)
LedgeDrop 1y ago • 100%
Also part of the 10+ year club (long time lurker). You're right about that "familiar sense", but for myself it comes with a forgotten sense of optimism.
Reddit's been on the decline for years before the Vitoria incident or The Great Purge... but as long as I had my niche communities, baconreader, and old.reddit.com - I could "get by"... as Reddit became more and more aggressive in selling "me as the product".
The federated and open source nature of Lemmy will solve the issue of "corporate presence", but it will require us to "roll up our sleeves" - which I find refreshing.