A Request to the Fediverse Community
With the recent happenings in the United States, the dangers of the privately owned Internet is more apparent than ever, and frankly, it's scary. And so I'd like to make a simple request to anyone who is reading this;
Please use the Fediverse, just a little more.
I personally hate it when I'm stuck having to visit say, YouTube or Reddit to get information, or to entertain myself in quiet moments, and if you're reading this, the likely chance is you're the same.
All I want to ask of you is to just comment a few more times, press send on that post that you felt wasn't of enough substance to be worth anyone's time. We have such a small community compared to everywhere else, but what we do have in common is that, in the grand scheme of things, we are the early adopters. And if we take that to heart and make this space a little bigger, maybe it will be just big enough we won't have to visit walled gardens so often.
Thank you 😀
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Fake4000
in reply to rosahaj • • •Couldn't agree more.
I think one that can be done is to create a pinned FAQ post in Reddit on the fediverse sub Reddit. I have seen so many questions popping up lately with a lot of potential users that seem confused.
rosahaj
in reply to Fake4000 • • •cm0002
in reply to rosahaj • • •rosahaj
Unknown parent • • •And who says they've never done anything good?
But yeah, let's ride that momentum all the way into the year of the fediverse!
Nougat
in reply to rosahaj • • •I think I'm fully maxxed out.
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in reply to Nougat • • •rosahaj
in reply to PugJesus • • •wahfflez
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plumbercraic
in reply to rosahaj • • •I think 90% of my posts are deleted before sending because I just know that someone somewhere will find a way to be mad about it
But OK - here is a post that I would usually have deleted 😀
rosahaj
in reply to plumbercraic • • •VubDapple
in reply to plumbercraic • • •rosahaj
in reply to VubDapple • • •JubilantJaguar
in reply to VubDapple • • •You're not shy, you're just a normally adjusted human.
It's normal to want to avoid being abused and insulted for, say, having an opinion which is marginally different to the in-group consensus. But unfortunately that's what happens when we post on text-based social media. Apparently the medium does something to people's minds, turning them into nasty vindictive unpleasant versions of themselves.
I'm a pretty self-confident person in real life and even I think twice about posting anything here that contradicts the prevailing groupthink. The inevitable insults and abuse and mockery are sometimes just not worth it.
SouthEndSunset
in reply to JubilantJaguar • • •rosahaj
in reply to JubilantJaguar • • •JubilantJaguar
in reply to rosahaj • • •Refreshing optimism!
Unfortunately I'm not sure the hope is warranted. Putting a lot of people with different views in front of each other, over text, does not, in general, by default, seem to go that well. At least not going by the experience of the first 30 years of the social internet. You tend to get the worst aspect of human group dynamics and speech-policing without the self-moderation that comes with in-person contact - i.e. the effect of audible voices, and visible faces and body language.
I'm not a complete pessimist or I wouldn't be here. But I think these issues can only be solved by activist moderation that enforces rules with a light touch while remaining tolerant and always assuming good faith. And, of course, that kind of moderation is time-consuming and very, very hard. It's a skill that hardly any communities have access to. But it is at least a reasonable goal.
rosahaj
in reply to JubilantJaguar • • •JubilantJaguar
in reply to rosahaj • • •OpenStars
in reply to JubilantJaguar • • •Sadly, I see that irl as well - perhaps text social media enhances the effect, maybe by virtue of being anonymous, but it's definitely not an effect solely restricted to here.😢
Source: me who it just happened to an hour ago.😑
JubilantJaguar
in reply to OpenStars • • •Internetexplorer
in reply to JubilantJaguar • • •There's a lot more aggressive unpleasant people. Or bots. That's the scary things these days, we don't know what's real anymore. People we talk to online or see. If it's fake trumped up hysteria.
Or even takes pictures of videos.
And I don't see it getting any better.
JubilantJaguar
in reply to Internetexplorer • • •Internetexplorer
in reply to JubilantJaguar • • •How'd you tell if you're chatting to a bot?
Ai a pretty convincing now
JubilantJaguar
in reply to Internetexplorer • • •Internetexplorer
in reply to JubilantJaguar • • •JubilantJaguar
in reply to Internetexplorer • • •Internetexplorer
in reply to JubilantJaguar • • •How would they police it?
How would anyone know who's a bot?
JubilantJaguar
in reply to Internetexplorer • • •Internetexplorer
in reply to JubilantJaguar • • •Prove what? That they're bots, you mean companies would have to just admit it?
If there were a fine I think it would put some people off, or they would just try harder to hide it.
The whole point is that bots are hard to discover. If companies don't want to state that they use bots, I don't know how they will know who is using bots.
It seems like you're just counting on people being honest or some how finding out. And I don't know how they will find out or even if they can unless someone in the company whistle blows
JubilantJaguar
in reply to Internetexplorer • • •In that case let's just give up because obviously it will all be far too hard.
You are underestimating the resources that big companies already devote to complying with regulations and avoiding fines. To stipulate that every non-human voice on a social platform must be labeled as such or else, right now, that regulation does not even exist. It's an obvious place to start and I am not the first person to say this.
Anyway, the conversation has moved on here, nobody else is listening, that's enough from me. Good night.
Internetexplorer
in reply to JubilantJaguar • • •That's the point. It will be secret companies trying to persuade the general population.
I'm different companies, maybe out of jurisdiction.
I just don't know i think we've crossed the Rubicon. It's out the box now.
Maybe with worldcoin, we can scan retina's and provide proof of humanity.
Otherwise. I think it's pretty much really hard to control. And people/companies will get some regulations. Might hamper it a bit. But won't stop it. Ie it could be from Russia or China. So it would only work if all cooperated and banned bot accounts. Which seems unlikely
SomeoneSomewhere
in reply to plumbercraic • • •rosahaj
in reply to SomeoneSomewhere • • •SomeoneSomewhere
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Tom's Hardware Forumrosahaj
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in reply to SomeoneSomewhere • • •SouthEndSunset
in reply to plumbercraic • • •surewhynotlem
in reply to plumbercraic • • •That's a horrible take and you should feel bad.
But I'm a stranger on the Internet and probably a moron so it's ok to not take me seriously or respond to me.
Cheems
in reply to plumbercraic • • •Churbleyimyam
in reply to plumbercraic • • •r.EndTimes
in reply to plumbercraic • • •OpenStars
in reply to r.EndTimes • • •fmstrat
in reply to plumbercraic • • •I've taken on the mantra of "Participate, but be respectful." That's led me to post a few times where I normally wouldn't.
Realize that there is nothing wrong with pissing someone off because they disagree with you. It's only wrong if you pissed them off because of how you said it, or if you are closed minded about being proven wrong.
And in the real world, a down vote doesn't matter.
rosahaj
in reply to fmstrat • • •moodymellodrone
in reply to plumbercraic • • •go $fsck yourself
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in reply to plumbercraic • • •Oofnik
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TheGhostHybrid
in reply to rosahaj • • •Y’know what, here I am! This is such a genuine request.
Thank you, friend! This post may very well be the tipping point for many Lemmings/Fediversers, myself included.
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rosahaj
in reply to TheGhostHybrid • • •https://real.lemmy.fan/u/oleorun
in reply to rosahaj • • •Small instance owner here. All are welcome. We have one really busy community here, and a few others that are just getting going that you might find interesting. You like World of Warships? The Last of Us? St. Louis Battlehawks? Abandoned Buildings?
You'll notice some of these communities are a ghost town. Images are broken and there's a rat eating pizza. So step up. Avoid the large, overwhelmed, weirdly-political instances and give us little guys a chance.
I'll begin by introducing myself. Hi! I am oleorun, named after the recently deceased Bob Uecker's Baseball Hall of Fame speech. My instance, real.lemmy.fan/, is known for the !weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan community, but we have more to offer. !aviation@real.lemmy.fan , a college radio station, !wsup@real.lemmy.fan , and more communities waiting to be joined, and built, and best of all there's no ads, no donation requests, just pure love of a federated instance that thrives on niceness.
I'd be real happy for you to join us.
oleorun@real.lemmy.fan
Edit: Typos
Bob Uecker: 'My mother and father were on an oleo margarine run to Chicago back in 1934', Fricke Award, Baseball Hall of Fame - 2003
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rosahaj
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in reply to rosahaj • • •Avid Amoeba
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in reply to Avid Amoeba • • •Blaze (he/him)
in reply to rosahaj • • •Hello,
Feel free to join !casualconversation@lemm.ee !
A set of relaxed communities: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/2050496…
rosahaj
in reply to Blaze (he/him) • • •Blaze (he/him)
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Unknown parent • • •Cake
in reply to rosahaj • • •I am trying to. I just found about lemmy today.
Can someone recommend me some other stuff?
PugJesus
in reply to Cake • • •Cake
in reply to PugJesus • • •PugJesus
in reply to Cake • • •I run a few history communities myself
!historyartifacts@lemmy.world to share or admire pieces of the past - swords, armor, jewelry, or pieces of everyday life
!historyporn@lemmy.world for photographs of the past (or film)
!historyillustrations@lemmy.world for drawings and the sort of the past
!historyruins@lemmy.world for photos of old ruins, if you enjoy seeing such things
And a few history meme communities with them
!historymemes@lemmy.world for memes about history of all sorts, no restrictions!
!roughromanmemes@lemmy.world for memes about the GLORIOUS ROMAN EMPIRE
!shermanposting@lemmy.world for posts about the US Civil War and how slaver scum deserved their defeat
More generally, there's:
!adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com for memes about ADHD and related disorders. A lot of comorbidity there.
!animearmor@lemm.ee for anime pics of cool weapons and armor
!askhistorians@lemmy.world if you have any questions on random bits of history you've been wondering about
!baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world for the ever-popular video game Baldur's Gate 3
!dogs@lemmy.world for pics of your own dogs or random dogs you've found online. Precious creatures!
!cat@lemmy.world for the same, but for cats
!forgottenweapons@lemmy.world if you like old or obscure firearms
!lotrmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com for Lord of the Rings memes
!lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world if you want some wholesome posts to take your mind off things or brighten your day.
!militarymoe@ani.social if you like anime girls in uniform
!noncredibledefense@lemmy.world or !noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works for tongue-in-cheek militaria shitposting
!soulslike@lemmy.zip for talk about Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Elden Ring, etc
!wlw_memes@lemmy.world for memes by/about/for girls who love girls
!rpgmemes@ttrpg.network for memes about tabletop RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons
!memes@lemmy.world or !memes@sopuli.xyz for memes in general (not much difference between the communities, just whichever you prefer - or both)
!grimdank@lemmy.world for Warhammer/40K memes or memes about similar tabletop games
!196@lemmy.world for random posts that don't go anywhere else. Just put 'rule' in the title - as the 'rule' is that you must post before you leave!
imaqtpie
in reply to PugJesus • • •rosahaj
in reply to Cake • • •L3ft_F13ld!
in reply to Cake • • •Mastodon - Decentralized social media
joinmastodon.orgrosahaj
in reply to L3ft_F13ld! • • •TisI
in reply to rosahaj • • •It's been out for a while. And to quote Blaze
There's only one person posting there, I think it's the mod. I'm sure they'd appreciate some support.
rosahaj
in reply to TisI • • •TisI
in reply to rosahaj • • •L3ft_F13ld!
in reply to rosahaj • • •archonet
in reply to rosahaj • • •I feel like you vastly underestimate the amount of subpar shitposts I'm capable of composing (and then thinking better of) in a given day.
designated_fridge
in reply to rosahaj • • •I go through a cycle for this. I leave Reddit because I hate it. And then I go here and well it's quite obvious it's a certain type of people who are willing to jump through hoops and use the fediverse. I find most of the opinions here to be a little bit too extreme for my taste. I just want to discuss football (soccer) and tech...
But I agree with you. It only feels empty because we all decide to not hit "post".
rosahaj
in reply to designated_fridge • • •ImFresh3x
in reply to designated_fridge • • •Avid Amoeba
in reply to rosahaj • • •100%! Been doing it for a year.
Also, I find a nice way to fill my feed is to liberally subscribe to communities on Lemmy. I'm currently subscribed to 133. I set my feed to Subscribed+Scaled and that works incredibly well to show me what I care about. Then when I get bored, I flip to All+TopDay to get what I missed that day.
rosahaj
in reply to Avid Amoeba • • •moodymellodrone
in reply to Avid Amoeba • • •Sepix
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in reply to truxnell • • •truxnell
in reply to rosahaj • • •It's a fair call, I think I'll push send more often from now on!
Honestly half the reason I don't post these days is more not wanting to feed LLMs/dox myself further, but that's a whole other can of worms
rosahaj
in reply to truxnell • • •truxnell
in reply to rosahaj • • •It's a fair call, I think I'll push send more often from now on!
Honestly half the reason I don't post these days is more not wanting to feed LLMs/dox myself further, but that's a whole other can of worms to worry about
rosahaj
Unknown parent • • •Blaze (he/him)
Unknown parent • • •rosahaj
Unknown parent • • •rosahaj
Unknown parent • • •rosahaj
Unknown parent • • •rosahaj
Unknown parent • • •Sometimes I wish that I had saved old photos of mine before they're lost to time.
Shatur
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in reply to serfraser • • •frankspurplewings
in reply to serfraser • • •Blaze (he/him)
in reply to frankspurplewings • • •Probably !fantasy@lemmy.ml
Not the most active, but didn't find anything better
serfraser
in reply to Blaze (he/him) • • •ekZepp
in reply to rosahaj • • •Blaze (he/him)
in reply to ekZepp • • •slym
in reply to rosahaj • • •rosahaj
in reply to slym • • •MentorKitten
in reply to rosahaj • • •rosahaj
in reply to MentorKitten • • •I'm in the exact same boat. But I kind of realized, if I want to see a bigger fediverse, I'll have to help build it up. As the classic saying goes, you can lead a horse to water; but first there's gotta be water. So thank you for taking up the cause of building this lake 😀
actually i don't think that's the saying
Johnny5
in reply to rosahaj • • •gi1242
in reply to rosahaj • • •is there a search function in Lemmy to search for posts? is it indexed and does it show up in search engine results?
if yes, that might help a lot with getting traffic
r.EndTimes
in reply to gi1242 • • •rosahaj
in reply to gi1242 • • •r.EndTimes
in reply to rosahaj • • •rosahaj
in reply to r.EndTimes • • •r.EndTimes
in reply to rosahaj • • •rosahaj
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in reply to rosahaj • • •youngbullhowling
in reply to r.EndTimes • • •r.EndTimes
in reply to youngbullhowling • • •youngbullhowling
in reply to r.EndTimes • • •r.EndTimes
in reply to youngbullhowling • • •Blaze (he/him)
in reply to r.EndTimes • • •!lemmyapps@lemmy.world
lemmyapps.com/ shows the ratings
Discover Fediverse apps with LemmyApps
www.lemmyapps.comSjmarf
in reply to r.EndTimes • • •I use Ice Cubes for Mastodon.
I'm one of the Mlem developers; I'm glad you're enjoying it 😀 You could also consider trying the Mlem beta if you haven't already. It's about 8 months' worth of development ahead of the App Store version. The reason why we haven't updated the App Store version in so long is because the beta version doesn't have all of the moderation tools yet (due to it being a full rewrite), and we don't want to take those tools away from moderators who use Mlem.
Ice Cubes for Mastodon
App Storer.EndTimes
in reply to rosahaj • • •Blaze (he/him)
in reply to r.EndTimes • • •For 3d, there is !blender@lemmy.world
You might want to have a look at !fedigrow@lemm.ee, it's a community for people who build communities
r.EndTimes
in reply to Blaze (he/him) • • •KeefChief13
in reply to rosahaj • • •youngbullhowling
in reply to rosahaj • • •I’ve started explaining this to non-techies. Hopefully starting to gain a little traction as the meta/ticktock machine becomes more and more egregious. Also this is speeding up the homelab I’m building.
I’d add the appropriate meme but I’m new here.
frankspurplewings
in reply to rosahaj • • •Is there a list or links somewhere of the defederated basic site replacements?
Like I know about Lemmy (replacement for reddit), Loops (replacement for ticktock/reels), and pixelfed (replacement for insta). Oh and I switched from Spotify to tidal. 🤷🏼♀️
Is there a YouTube replacement? Thats really the next big media channel I use daily..
Thanks Lemmy friends 💜
Cracks_InTheWalls
in reply to frankspurplewings • • •This is a good place to start: fedidb.org/software/
I like the idea of PeerTube and hope it catches on, but I wouldn't call it a YouTube replacement at this point. There are services that feed youtube content to users remotely though (there is/was a link-converter bot that went around that annoyed some people here, but a) can't remember the name, and b) can't remember the actual software involved).
FediDB, Fediverse Network Statistics
fedidb.orgBlaze (he/him)
in reply to Cracks_InTheWalls • • •invidious.io/
But nowadays I would rather recommend grayjay.app/ or freetubeapp.io/
Invidious
InvidiousCoelacanth
in reply to Cracks_InTheWalls • • •r0ertel
in reply to Cracks_InTheWalls • • •scratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲
in reply to frankspurplewings • • •jointhefediverse.net/join
Join the fediverse!
jointhefediverse.netwerefreeatlast
in reply to rosahaj • • •rosahaj
in reply to werefreeatlast • • •Banana
in reply to rosahaj • • •Since all this shit started happening I've deleted all the social media apps on my phone and I've started using lemmy more. Gonna switch my YouTube shit over to peertube when I can.
Intending to actually delete my accounts in the coming weeks too. Bye bye, 13 year old reddit account. Nobody gonna miss ya.
Tbf I have been using Nebula a lot since I signed up pretty cheaply and I enjoy it. It's owned by the creators. Found it through Jacob Geller.
Naia
in reply to Banana • • •YouTube is a bit of an issue as unlike the others there's a lot of content and information you can't get elsewhere.
I've been considering using a proxy to scrape and download subscriptions and add them to a personal server. Probably not practical to do for everything though with how much space that would be.
At the very least see if there's a wrapper that can strip out a lot of content and just show the stuff I want to watch VS all the nonsense they fire at you.
rosahaj
in reply to Naia • • •Sergio
in reply to Banana • • •don't forget to delete your comments there!
Banana
in reply to Sergio • • •Sergio
in reply to Banana • • •Banana
in reply to Sergio • • •rosahaj
in reply to Banana • • •atro_city
in reply to rosahaj • • •rosahaj
in reply to atro_city • • •I cant claim superiority though, I've been there
moakley
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in reply to nialv7 • • •fireweed
in reply to rosahaj • • •I'm a fediverse supporter (obviously, that's why I'm here), however what you're looking for requires a critical mass of users that the fediverse (at least the Lemmy side of it) will never achieve as long as two very critical problems persist:
1) sign up is confusing. People are used to clicking "create an account," inputting a user name, password, and maybe an email, and then BAM they're a user. I realize the whole instance thing is the entire point, but no one wants nor expects to have to do significant research and make a decision about how they want to interact with a social media site before they've even started using it.
2) the site (or at least lemmy.world) is sooo slooow. Basic functions like loading images take me back to the dial-up era of "click the image then do something else while it loads," which is downright ridiculous in the 2020s. Again I've stuck with it because I want to support the fediverse, but 99% of users won't.
And no, these aren't "features not bugs" unless you want to keep the site small and homogenous.
umean2me
in reply to fireweed • • •I honestly don't understand point 1. no matter how much people say it.
Maybe I'm naive because it wasn't confusing to me personally, but it is only one extra step to create an account. When people explain the Fediverse to new people they compare it to e-mail anyway, which basically has the exact same sign-up structure. The only difference to me is the way it is advertised. Nobody in general says "you need to join e-mail", it's usually "join GMail" or "join Yahoo". I don't know how it would be solved without detracting from the "choose the instance that is right for you" experience though, since the instances with the most support and funding will obviously hold the most influence (as we currently see with lemmy.world and lemmy.ml, not to mention pixelfed.social).
IDK maybe I'm wrong, lmk, but I don't think choosing an instance is all the friction it's said to be.
The big instances are definitely slower though.
Die4Ever
in reply to umean2me • • •No I think you're right, give them an instance. They won't have enough knowledge to choose an instance anyways. If they don't like the one you gave them then they can move later.
mrvictory1
in reply to umean2me • • •JackbyDev
in reply to umean2me • • •umean2me
in reply to JackbyDev • • •MelonYellow
in reply to umean2me • • •Fungah
in reply to fireweed • • •JackbyDev
in reply to fireweed • • •Then just directly recommend specific, general purpose instances to people.
OpenStars
in reply to fireweed • • •Blaze has put in a ton of work simplifying the former, and while the latter isn't strictly only related to Lemmy.world, many other servers are much faster.
e.g. click on discuss.online/, see how it shows All (rather than Local) by default (that's an issue with some), and Active. Click posts, see how fast images load, read the pinned posts and imagine how quickly the admin responds.
THEN if someone likes it, join. Many Redditors are in the USA, where discuss.online is also, so it's a great match.
There are other instances, but showcasing that one is a great way to help guide people to what Lemmy is all about.
rosahaj
in reply to fireweed • • •Average Familiarity
xkcdMcDutchie
in reply to fireweed • • •Try another server. I use r.nf and it's very fast. Decentralisation is pointless if everyone flocks to the same server.
If people want freedom and independence, they're going to have to a little work for it, because those things never come for free. And yes, that is a feature, not a bug. That "I should not ever have to engage my grey matter" mentality is the whole cause of the corporate fascist mess in the first place.
Blaze (he/him)
in reply to fireweed • • •"Lemmy has 42k monthly active users
Feel free if you have any questions"
Further discussion on lemmy.world/post/24577309
Voyager for Lemmy
vger.appgreeneyestyle
in reply to rosahaj • • •Fungah
in reply to rosahaj • • •I was recently banned from reddit.
On all my accounts.
Across four email addresses.
Simultaneously.
Many of which haven't been used in months. Years in some cases.
So - banned on one account linked to one address. Accounts linked to four other email addresses were banned. None of those accounts have been logged into from any device the account I got banned from was being used on.
The emails are linked to my phone number though.
So. Two steps ahead of you. But. They are either using some kind of NLP to identify the way I write. Or google is sharing that the accounts are linked to my phone number.
Anyway. Reddit can fuck right off. And I'll be buying a burner phone with cash to make some accounts soon.
hansolo
in reply to Fungah • • •JackbyDev
in reply to Fungah • • •Fungah
in reply to JackbyDev • • •Because some of them, and their associated email accountsz hadn't been used in years.
And there is nothing linking any of the emails / accounts except my.phone number.
Five email accounts, 20 odd reddit accounts. I've only used one account / email for the past year. And that's from a PC / phone that were new around that time
Internetexplorer
in reply to Fungah • • •scratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲
in reply to Internetexplorer • • •together lemmy may grow stronger
asg101
in reply to Fungah • • •I put this into my hosts file a couple years back:
127.0.0.1 *reddit*
fuck reddit.
Ekpu
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in reply to breakfastmtn • • •Flying Squid
in reply to rosahaj • • •God damn! I'm trying my hardest here!
rosahaj
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in reply to DUMBASS • • •Wiz
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in reply to Wiz • • •Flying Squid
in reply to DUMBASS • • •DUMBASS
in reply to Flying Squid • • •Sundiata
in reply to rosahaj • • •rosahaj
in reply to Sundiata • • •I'm afraid YouTube is a different beast entirely when it comes to replacing it, so I'm going to have to branch out on what 'alternative' means.
loops.video is a tiktok-esque shortform video service on the fediverse
owncast.online is a federated livestreaming platform, like twitch
funkwhale.audio is the fediverse's answer to music streaming.
I've also heard good things about radiofreefedi.net
and of course you've already heard of peertube.tv
but when it comes to YouTube, absolutely nothing holds a real candle to the variety anf quality of it's content, so you might want to look into alternatives such as Dropout.tv, Nebula, Odyssee (I have heard very bad things about Odyssee, but including for variety), or frontends like Invidious, Freetube, and Newpipe.
Hope this helps 😀
PS: I have a post asking for peertube video reccomendations, which might have a comment or two with something of interest.
rosahaj
Unknown parent • • •NudeNewt
in reply to rosahaj • • •If you're privacy & security centered do NOT go with Calyx. They still use several g**gle services underneath it all. Graphene is the way to go, and no they are not affiliated with Copperhead (The one who proudly states they work with Raytheon) TLDR copperhead tried to take over Graphene but failed.
Also regarding rumors of it being a FBI honeypot, the feds advertised the backdoored phone /OS as being Graphene itself - or at the very least based on it in some way. It is not.
Just remember to use a oem unlocked android device. Carrier locked phones are often times luck-based in terms of getting it OEM unlocked. Often times they are literally impossible to get unlocked. Support CAN do it and HAVE THE TOOLS to unlock it for you but more often then not... they won't.
Don't get me wrong, Calyx without micro g (F-Droid + Obtainium) is a fantastic option plus it's compatible with a wide range of devices -just not as secure is all.
It's ironic, using a g**gle phone for privacy. Different strokes for different folks.
rational_lib
in reply to rosahaj • • •msmithivas
in reply to rational_lib • • •rosahaj
in reply to msmithivas • • •rosahaj
in reply to rational_lib • • •joinmobilizon.org/en/
#JoinMobilizon - Let’s take back control of our events
joinmobilizon.orgmoseschrute
in reply to rosahaj • • •I know this is the wrong thing to focus on, but federated social media is really lacking sex appeal. Like the technology powering it is so cool, but many of the clients (especially the defaults) are ugly.
I’m not saying form over function, but I find well-designed + functional apps really enjoyable to use. I want to be the solution. I’m writing my own Lemmy client and I really hope I can deliver on the sex appeal in addition to an amazing user experience.
rosahaj
in reply to moseschrute • • •OpossumOnKeyboard
in reply to rational_lib • • •like this
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in reply to OpossumOnKeyboard • • •joinmobilizon.org/en/
Of course needs a local instance, with people adding events there...
#JoinMobilizon - Let’s take back control of our events
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Unknown parent • • •rosahaj
in reply to NudeNewt • • •SirEDCaLot
in reply to rosahaj • • •I would agree to this but with one caveat
Let's try to be better than Reddit.
These days, Reddit and to some degree let me also has become a circle jerk of closed minds (on all sides of any issue). When confronted with a position they disagree with, people are far too quick to write the person off as a racist, statist, Nazi, anarchist, commie, etc. Rather than considering the merit of the person statement.
Let's be better than that.
Let's all be better than that.
Having a closed mind is easy. It's lazy. It gets you to that hit of dopamine faster, you tell someone off and hit post and you feel like you've done good. But most of the time you haven't. You've done nothing to persuade them of your viewpoint, or enhance the discussion for others.
That's not to say nobody's wrong. There's plenty of people who are wrong about every issue. But tell them why they're wrong. Have a little good faith, assume that just maybe the person on the other end of the thread has good intentions, also wants the world to succeed and society to be great, they just think their view will help make that happen better. So rather than calling them an idiot, tell them why you're right and your ideas are better. Engage with them.
That's how Reddit used to be. Not recently, I'm talking way back in the early days before the digg migration. It was a place for intelligent people to have reasoned discussions. Let's make lemmy more like that.
fine_sandy_bottom
in reply to SirEDCaLot • • •I dislike the constant reddit comparisson.
Lets just try to be our own thing. Not like reddit and also not unlike reddit just be lemmy.
Blaze (he/him)
in reply to fine_sandy_bottom • • •fine_sandy_bottom
in reply to Blaze (he/him) • • •SirEDCaLot
in reply to fine_sandy_bottom • • •Ketchup
in reply to rosahaj • • •skaffi
in reply to Ketchup • • •Can you delete it a little harder? It's still there for me. Maybe you only put it in the thrash bin. You need to either empty the bin, or press shift+delete in order to delete it permanently.
Godspeed. We're all counting on you, oh ye who has the power to delete all of Reddit!
P.S.: Not trying to make fun of you, btw! Just entertaining myself. "Deleting" something sounds so different when you're used to using it through your browser. 😁
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moseschrute
in reply to rosahaj • • •rosahaj
in reply to moseschrute • • •sincerely, the new owner and moderator of !falloutmods@lemmy.world and !fallout@lemmy.world, respectively
Noggog
in reply to rosahaj • • •GitHub - Mutagen-Modding/Mutagen: A .NET library for analyzing, creating, and manipulating Bethesda mods
GitHubrosahaj
in reply to Noggog • • •sincerely, someone who has a windows dual boot exclusively to be able to use the creation kit.
Mechaguana
in reply to moseschrute • • •Purple_drink
in reply to rosahaj • • •ZeroOne
in reply to rosahaj • • •Or just any FOSS & Decentralized platforms in general
Actually this Odysee post explains what I want to say about stregthening Alternative platforms
A Letter/Message To The Alt-Tech Communities
OdyseeElrecoal19_0
in reply to ZeroOne • • •Elrecoal19_0
in reply to rosahaj • • •the_swagmaster
in reply to rosahaj • • •Blaze (he/him)
in reply to the_swagmaster • • •- lemmy.zip/post/29507384
- !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca
- lemmyapps.com/
Discover Fediverse apps with LemmyApps
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rockettaco37
in reply to rosahaj • • •Shardikprime
in reply to rockettaco37 • • •Bamboodpanda
in reply to rockettaco37 • • •I jumped on board with the reddit API fiasco. I use Sync primarily since I'm familiar with the format and I browse and post often.
I think one problem is that it's confusing to your average Joe. I honestly still don't quite understand how it works. I see posts like .ml and .world and I have no idea what they are even though I've been here a while.
rockettaco37
in reply to Bamboodpanda • • •Exactly. That's the main barrier I think.
Also, the .ml and whatnot are just people on other instances.
Blaze (he/him)
in reply to Bamboodpanda • • •In a group email, you might see people from Gmail and Outlook as recipients. It doesn't really matter that everyone, everyone can still see the emails and send them to each other.
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ssillyssadass
in reply to rosahaj • • •JakoJakoJako13
in reply to ssillyssadass • • •maub
in reply to rosahaj • • •Fediverse Global Switch Day on 2025-02-01 and a few thoughts on my expierience entering it
Jan Kapellen (Solutr.com)TriflingToad
in reply to rosahaj • • •I tried to join the 5th or 6th largest but the buttons to sign up wouldn't work 🙁
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