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Leigh

@ SemioticStandard @lemmy.ml

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Joined
3 yr. ago

  • Is there a community for advertising new communities?

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  • IMO it’s fine to just make a post about it in one of the larger communities that seems appropriate. Now is exactly the time for us to promote one another! And Lemmy doesn’t have an algorithm, so you’re going to have to do some leg work to get the word out. I think people will be appreciative and understanding of that, I would be.

  • EarthPorn @lemmy.ml
    Leigh @lemmy.ml

    oh thank fucking god

  • What are you currently reading and how do you like it?

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  • I have books scattered throughout the house, and so what I’m reading changes depending on where I am.

    • If I’m going to sit outside, I’ll grab the book I keep on the table next to the back door. Currently that’s Stephen King’s Bag of Bones

    • If I’m going to read in bed, then I pick up Tuesdays with Morris by Mitch Albom

    • If I’m going to read in the bath, I’ll grab my Kindle and work through Alma Katsu’s The Deep

    • If I’m in my office chair, I’ll work on The Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defence, by Suzette Haden Elgin

    Kind of a funny way of going about things, but there it is, heh

  • How is Lemmy supposed to replace Reddit?

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  • I want Lemmy to succeed, I want to be optimistic about it as an alternative to Reddit, but OP is correct, and we need to be honest about this very simple fact:

    The Reddit we knew and loved is gone, and that’s a sad, tragic thing, and there likely won’t be a 1:1 replacement for a long time, if ever.

    It’s okay to admit to ourselves that this whole situation sucks, because it absolutely does. That doesn’t mean that we can’t enjoy Lemmy and other federated things like it, and it doesn’t mean that federation doesn’t have advantages over Reddit, but let’s be honest: most of us were happy at Reddit, using our favorite 3rd party app (like Apollo), and we wouldn’t be here if the admins weren’t happy to kill what we once loved.

    All we can do is try to make the best of it.

  • What is your boomer opinion

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  • I know this opinion is wildly unpopular, but I think pirating is unethical. If you can’t afford something, or you disagree with spending money for it, then fine. Don’t watch that show/listen to that song/play that game. But the people who make things deserve to get paid. It’s not right to refuse to pay for something while also consuming that content. Many of the justifications for pirating just feel like entitlement to me.

  • What is your boomer opinion

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  • I like that Lemmy and Masto don’t have those fucking algorithms. It’s a relief.

  • How much money does Lemmy.ml need to temporarily boost their servers?

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  • spy on all the traffic

    That's...not how things work. Everyone has their philosophical opinions so I won't attempt to argue the point, but if you want to handle scale and distribution, you're going to have to start thinking differently, otherwise you're going to fail when load starts to really increase.

  • How much money does Lemmy.ml need to temporarily boost their servers?

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  • You could configure something like a Cloudflare worker to throw up a page directing users elsewhere whenever healthchecks failed.

  • Technology @lemmy.ml
    Leigh @lemmy.ml

    First impressions: Yes, Apple Vision Pro works and yes, it’s good.

    techcrunch.com /2023/06/05/first-impressions-yes-apple-vision-pro-works-and-yes-its-good/

  • Following remote communities is hard.

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  • Think about everything you hate about Reddit—the kids, the trolls, the spam—and be thankful Lemmy requires a little more effort.

    This is the way Reddit used to be when it first came out.