[-] blitzen@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

23 Aug 23. Ya, no ambiguity. /s

2023-08-23 is the way.

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 year ago

Dude is still simping for Musk. No sympathy.

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Nothing about Saudi Arabia is pro-consumer.

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

apple hates open standards

What about WhatsApp is open?

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've got no love for billionaires, and obviously this story overshadowing the migrant boat sinking in Greece is infuriating, but I'm really not a fan of the glee so many people on social media are expressing at the deaths of these five people.

Also, on another note, I seriously cannot get over the fact that the late CEO of the company, Stockton Rush, has the absolute perfect team name for a minor league football team from central California.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by blitzen@lemmy.ml to c/books@lemmy.ml

Had a bit of a showerthought this morning. c/books could do a monthly book club pick but with the additional feature of inviting a related community to participate. For example, if the book pick was "Two Wheels Good" by Jody Rosen, !bicycles@lemmy.ca could be invited to participate. Seems to be a great way to encourage more people to read and more people to subscribe to the sub.

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submitted 1 year ago by blitzen@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy411@lemmy.ca

I have an instance running (blitzen.org), and right now just two other instances are in my white list (lemmy.ml, lemmy.ca). If I wanted to mirror, say, lemmy.ca's white and black lists, is there a way to export/import such a list?

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nuked and deleted my numerous alts over the past few days. Nuked and deleted my main and oldest account (14 years) just a few hours ago.

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago

The “non-commercial” requirement to exempt third party accessibility apps is extremely underhanded and not being talked about enough.

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

How hard was it to set up an instance? I'm fairly decent with these things, and could spool up an shared server, but have never used Docker if that's the best way.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by blitzen@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

I heard once that the case for which instance (for any federated app, be it Lemmy or Mastodon etc) on which to sign up is to choose based on "administration" not subject. That is to say, it is better to experience the fediverse through moderation and other administrative decisions than it is to do so on a server that is "subject based." Thoughts?

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Twitter’s definitely didn’t.

I don't know... 50% of their top advertisers have left, and their advertising income is down 60%. I'm no longer there, so I can't speak to overall user engagement, but with their revenue cratering, I'm not sure how long it is destined for this world.

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Cycling communities, specifically the non-judgemental welcoming r/xbiking.

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

A 'multi-community' feature would be welcome.

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I thank you for your response, and generally think you are right. Perhaps I should rephrase my question a bit to: is the existence of multiple communities on a given subject a feature of Lemmy (perhaps even unique to Lemmy) we should expect and embrace, or do you think communities coalescing into few/one will occur naturally?

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submitted 1 year ago by blitzen@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Say what you will about reddit, at least an established subreddit was the place to gather on the topic, ie r/technology etc.

With Lemmy, doesn't it follow that similar communities on different instances will simply dilute the userbase, for example !technology@lemmy.ml and !technology@beehaw.org. How do we best use lemmy as a (small c) community when a topic can be split amongst many (large C) Communities?

This is an earnest question, in no way am I suggesting lemmy is inferior to reddit. I'm quite enjoying myself here.

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