garrettw87

joined 2 years ago
[–] garrettw87@kbin.social 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can we all put our clicks together and make an effort to erase the swastika around (70,857)

[–] garrettw87@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

It’s not perfect, but being super configurable does help.

[–] garrettw87@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

This seems like sound logic 👍

[–] garrettw87@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Vivaldi is definitely cool — except for the amount of RAM it uses. If it weren’t for that, I would use it a lot more, but for me, Firefox is just faster all around.

[–] garrettw87@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Solid cologne?? Ok now I must Google. Never heard of such

[–] garrettw87@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I’ve seen Duke Cannon in lots of brick-and-mortar stores.

[–] garrettw87@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is this something I should Google, or…. maybe I shouldn’t?

[–] garrettw87@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

@Tygr @herpderpedia Kbin does not support !community links just yet, but it's in the works on some level. Linking to Lemmy communities from here can't really be done without the full URL, which does mean one would have to provide two links - one that works on Kbin, and one that points to the original instance.

In related news, linking to Kbin magazines is currently a bit borked as well, because the only other syntax that works (@magname) is assumed to refer to a user account and not a magazine.

[–] garrettw87@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's a good point, lol.
No, according to The Verge's article, they say that users don't like the current system:

“First, many don’t appreciate the clutter from awards (50+ awards right now, but who’s counting?) and all the steps that go into actually awarding content. Second, redditors want awarded content to be more valuable to the recipient.”

And there are hints as to what may be slated to replace it:

While Reddit hasn’t specified what the new system might look like, Android Authority may have dug up some clues. Based on code in the Reddit’s Android app, Reddit appears to be working on a “contributor program” that would let users cash out gold or karma (basically, points you get for posts, comments, or giving awards) they receive into real money. Reddit didn’t respond to a request for comment sent Wednesday about Android Authority’s article.

OTOH, this post in r/ModCoord posits a different explanation:

By getting rid of awards, Reddit is unloading a business liability. Because all those existing coins could buy ad-free Reddit.

[–] garrettw87@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is a very contentious topic right now, and it’s not clear at the moment whether votes will remain public or be made private. There are some very vocal proponents on both sides.

[–] garrettw87@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Do you need to? No. But I do have accounts on both and will keep it that way, because they’re just completely different experiences and Kbin isn’t to a point yet IMO to fully replace Mastodon on the client level.

[–] garrettw87@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And yet somehow they say that’s their reasoning - that they’re trying to become profitable.

 

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Dear BaconReader users,

We wanted to inform you with a heavy heart that, starting from July 1, 2023, BaconReader will be unable to function due to the recent API changes made by Reddit.

If you have any questions or would like to share your thoughts, we warmly invite you to visit r/baconreader, where our community continues to thrive.

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@ernest Hi there, I just want to express my interest in helping out, as I am fortunately a PHP developer.

Areas where I can help the most:

  • Triaging issues and generally keeping the issues list tidy
  • Contributing to developer quality-of-life things, such as setup documentation and improving tooling configurations
  • Helping set up a CONTRIBUTING.md (contributing guidelines)
  • Making UI/UX suggestions (as if we don't have enough of those already)
  • Once I get more familiar with the codebase:
    • Reviewing PRs
    • Working on code structure / SOLIDness / readability / etc.

Feel free to review my GitHub account if you like. I have a lot of unfinished projects there ;)

#kbinDevlog

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