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[-] ultimatespleen@lemm.ee 84 points 1 year ago

Well said. I wish it wasn’t so mainstream to want to buy into something just because it’s backed by a megacorp.

[-] muertinez@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

yea and so mainstream to feel the need to squeeze every fucking penny out of anything humans create

[-] AzuleBlade@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Buy into your home instance instead by setting up a recurring monthly donation. It's doesn't have to be a lot, some have tiers as low as $1. Alternatively, you could donate to the Lemmy dev team, or some of the devs that are creating these spiffy apps we're using on our phones.

[-] Mereo@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Either way is good. The most important thing is for Lemmy/Kbin to be, and continue to be, a community project. I personally donate to my instance.

[-] CaptObvious@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago

This is one reason the tech journalists and other “influencers” whining about the fediverse only gets an eye roll from me. We’re not building this for them. Frankly, if their only goal is an audience for their content, I don’t even want them here.

[-] sadreality@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Collaborators and bootlickers.... They were never #teampleb and I am tired of acting like they are anything but parasites seeking and using communities to sell their half baked vomit.

I will take any OG shit poster's take most of the time.

With that said, obviously there are good outlets doing good work... Pro republica and ars...

[-] Tag365@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 year ago

Lovely quote. Anyone else rooting for the underdog here?

[-] AzuleBlade@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I love a good underdog story.

[-] markstos@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Why not boost the post instead of creating an image of it?

[-] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

I did boost it. If anyone else wants to, here's the original post: https://social.coop/@eloquence/110663689429123291

[-] Eddie@lemmy.lucitt.social 10 points 1 year ago

I like the image. Did you create it yourself manually, or do you have a screenshot program that prepared this for you?

[-] AzuleBlade@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'd also like to know, it looks pretty slick.

[-] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I used CleanShot X to create the image, but it’s only for Mac. If you’re on Windows, try ShareX (which is free and open source).

[-] AzuleBlade@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks! That reminds me, I need to reinstall ShareX, I knew there was something missing after getting a new PC haha.

[-] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I used CleanShot X to create the image, but it's only for Mac. If you're on Windows, try ShareX (which is free and open source).

[-] Koordinator_O@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

or just use shift + win + s It's Integrated in windows and works just fine.

[-] Eddie@lemmy.lucitt.social 3 points 1 year ago

I knew you were going to say that! Mac OS always has all of the aesthetics! One can only hope we'll get "pretty" windows apps eventually. Although, Microsoft would have to unify their UI first, and we all know that will never happen.

[-] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Honestly, my next machine might be a Linux. Check out elementaryOS

[-] GodOfThunder@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago

I knew I recognized him from somewhere. He was the developer of lib.reviews. https://github.com/eloquence

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

great product idea, i would love an open metacritic, but i cant find a front end to use this?

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

This is why I'm not worried about rushing features into the fedi. We're at an usable point right now, a lot obviously can be improved. But the point is that the fedi isn't going away. A private social media can be nuked over night. If all ActivityPub devs stopped contributing over night, then more people would step up and continue. The fedi isn't going anywhere and will continue to get better over time. There will be no stopping point where we run out of time. Development and improvements will be eternal until the heat death of the universe!

[-] HopperMCS@twisti.ca 9 points 1 year ago

Haven't read it yet but this is facts

[-] HopperMCS@twisti.ca 10 points 1 year ago

Okay, so I really do believe in the Fediverse. I'm working on a really big project in Kotlin that I have the intention of wiring up to AP later on.

[-] rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Well said. I think people tend to think of the Fediverse as a competitor, but the goals are not the same. The Fediverse is wholly about the community driven by the community.

[-] Charliebeans@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How was this image generated, is there a tool to make image from post? Also could anyone share original post?

[-] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Here's the original post: https://social.coop/@eloquence/110663689429123291

I used CleanShot X to create the image.

[-] teydam@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[-] flyingjake@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Those are some fine words and definitely help motivate me to contribute more. No way I was touching threads before though, so not much convincing needed!

[-] f1xxm4n@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Fediverse is very promising, but how did building Twitter alternative become free labor for rich people?

[-] Erikatharsis@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

What Erik Moeller is trying to say is that posting to a Twitter alternative owned by rich people is doing free work for said rich people.

[-] b_n@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

I think he means that by contributing to the likes of threads legitimises the platform. And when you "create content" there, then you're essentially doing free labour for the venture capitalists, since their asset is only valuable if people use it.

[-] OCATMBBL@lemmynsfw.com -2 points 1 year ago

I'm unsure of the reliability of laws protecting an open source project from getting swallowed up, if Threads has a presence in the fediverse. Especially with a partisan Supreme Court.

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