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submitted 8 months ago by Comment105@lemm.ee to c/meta@lemm.ee

Too many users here prefer smaller communities and have openly stated they aren't interested in making accommodations to pursue growth to a truly large platform, even if it could be.

Lemmy is the sort of site that will linger in the background and quietly die out, it'll occassionally be mentioned in the same sorts of conversation that bring up old alternatives like voat, rare conversations with few readers.

I had some optimism at the growth spurt, but seeing what the opinions of users here were, that hope turned into cynicism. As I forgot about Lemmy, it's irrelevance was reinforced. It would be best, I think, if this foundation could replace its competitors. But I don't think it's going to happen.

I don't think you want common idiots to like the site.

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submitted 8 months ago by Comment105@lemm.ee to c/reddit@lemmy.world

I posted a comment with a link to an article on CNN and several links to architecture and construction websites. It seems like reddit doesn't like comments with untrusted links? Are they being subtly hidden from the thread?

If this is being done at any scale at all I wonder if it's a significant cause of the feeling that the internet has shrunk into a few main sites, linking to a recognizable relatively small selection of news and media sources.

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 66 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah, it's like picturing a Christian man wearing a maga hat, camo pants and a wifebeater he justifies the name of, surrounded by a fearfully obedient family. Like "Christian people are awesome!"

Hasidics consider the average conservative "too liberal".

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[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 46 points 9 months ago

A mouse that can only charge if placed upside down, or in rare 3rd party charging carriages. Apple making things nice, neat and simple as they usually do.

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 97 points 10 months ago

When you're terminally online, it helps to be at least reminded that online culture isn't normal, especially not 4chan. But Reddit, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are all full of their own weirdness.

Better than recognizing that would be to reintegrate into society fully and leave the internet mostly behind to sulk and moan.

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 72 points 10 months ago

Yeah fuck Unity, I'd love to see devs abandon them altogether whether they revert the changes or not.

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 95 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Hey Hexbear, if you're dropping by, let me know when Russian and Chinese workers seize the means of production.

In the meantime I'm sitting here oppressed in Norway.

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 47 points 10 months ago

Land of the not even slightly free.

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I saw some clay sculpting tools and started thinking it would be sweet to cut metal with something like that. The tools I saw are apparently called pottery ribbon tools, so more of a ribbon than a wire then.

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 66 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I believe the exact same thing is true.

I have yet to see an employer even attempt to prove it wrong.

Showing up and working sluggishly is the most stable pattern. Getting it done quick and then relaxing only attracts attention and criticism, and as mentioned: More work for no increase in pay.

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submitted 11 months ago by Comment105@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Is it just random letters arrived to by keyboard mashing like a lot of federated websites seem, or is there any thought behind it?

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submitted 11 months ago by Comment105@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

It's always particularly nice and soft the first time you put it on, but the one I got most recently is so bad it leaves a thin but thorough coat of black fur on my arms when I take it off. What's the production methods used when making sweaters like this?

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 45 points 11 months ago

"we did what we did because no matter what the temps are, we thought it was so expensive that none of our viewers should come away from this video wanting to buy it"

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 47 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It is in our democratic interest to vote against copyright law.

So why do we choose to keep copyright law, at least in its current iteration?

Are we really not interested in either abolishing or changing it? Is your brother, mother, uncle, grandfather, neighbor and colleague in favor of current copyright law?

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 87 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Botany should not have borrowed the word berry.

I am of the opinion that "a small, sweet, edible fruit" is closer to the right definition for the word, and that botanists' decision to appropriate the word for a redefined purpose was inappropriate and unnecessary.

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 94 points 11 months ago

I'm gonna be honest here: It's not.

This is like someone posting "homemade is so much better than eating out" and then they post a picture of a pickles, spam and mayo sandwich.

I mean sure, homemade can be better, but what you just posted isn't. I'm sure you like it, though. But it doesn't have general appeal at all.

Look, there's a reason most of the canvas is blank.

But you probably like the lack of activity.

So enjoy it, I guess.

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[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 62 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Schools always did this.

Never expelling the bullies, always expelling the kid that was bullied to their breaking point when they retaliated.

I am convinced that the people who choose to be teachers (and especially principals) also tend to be the kind of people who like and relate to bullies.

In general a lot of them seen to enjoy bullying as a method of "correcting" other people to align with your will. A method some of them seem to feel they are unjustly restrained from utilizing fully.

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submitted 1 year ago by Comment105@lemm.ee to c/videos@lemm.ee
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submitted 1 year ago by Comment105@lemm.ee to c/meta@lemm.ee

Isn't that supposed to only happen on Posts>All>New? Shouldn't Active/Hot posts require some existing engagement before appearing?

Does lemm.ee sometimes sync with federated instances, which is when new content floods en masse?

This is one of the experiences I've had that makes Lemmy feel far more janky than reddit.com/r/all

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"help" just means "a conversation"

and that really doesn't make a difference

worse, it's like you're saying "If you have cancer, treatment is available." but what you're actually offering is a daily bowl of fairly healthy soup. you're running exaggerated, optimistic advertising.

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It was amazing for a decade or two, but now the night scares me, I do not know what awaits us in the morning.

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submitted 1 year ago by Comment105@lemm.ee to c/meta@lemm.ee

I think this place is too fragmented into instances to ever generate a front page anywhere near what r/all is.

If I understand this page right, https://lemm.ee will never show the top post of the day from https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/, https://discuss.tchncs.de/, or https://feddit.uk/.

And the "front page/general" site is already split into several instances (https://vlemmy.net/, https://lemmy.world/, https://sh.itjust.works/, https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/ and https://lemmy.one/, all claiming to be "a general front page lemmy instance")

So what's the deal, which one are we betting on as the place to direct all the new traffic? What's the contender for primary public internet bulletin board? Right now the arrow to an alternative is looking like this: https://i.imgur.com/L1XsBy6.pngd

I'm personally guessing the conclusion is already reached; We have no place we're betting on. We're disinterested in pushing for any particular result. We don't expect people to migrate. Many might not even want them to.

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