It really sucks. Using a service run by a bad actor is tantamount to supporting and condoning the actions and viewpoints of those people, even though people don't actually think that way.
Anyways, I did feel like Reddit was something special, even with all the dumb changes. I am hope Lemmy becomes a new, better home for you.
Yeah, I think what we want is complex and perhaps antithetical to the spirit of federation. We want the convenience of a single login like a centralized system, but the antifragility and diversity of decentralized services.
That is a clever workaround I will use. What would be nice is like an ActivityPub "identity." I can see there being reasonable limitation like one account per service (Mastodon, Lemmy, Pixelfed, Peertube, etc). Then the administrator can choose to let someone in without people spamming accounts across the fediverse.
I never to figure out how to navigate the fediverse from here!
High Five from across the 'verse!
High Five from across the universe!
Hell yeah. I love books and I hate everything Amazon touches.
I think I am just so lazy about creating and managing many accounts, but I owe it to myself to explore all of the experiences.
Interesting. I never used CentOS, but I think it makes sense to run an OS designed to be used in servers. That would probably make my life a hell of a lot easier than setting up everything on my own.
Good call.
Unless it is a feature that I never saw, I wish I could subscribe to other timelines/instances. There are a few communities that were exclusive and always interesting.
I suppose the best thing is to be promiscuous with who you follow so you have a healthy timeline.
Linus is stellar example of "good is not nice."
He will rake you over the coals because he cares about quality and expects better from everyone.
Well, that is when looking at the federated timeline, which is basically breaking open the dam and hoping to catch something cool before I drown.
That is actually a good point. I was considering getting a couple of UPS for my main computer and server, but a laptop would do the job. I should pick one up anyways.
Yeah, power consumption sucks. I do not want to contribute to the waste culture, but I also don't want to overspend on resources.
I know! Once you found a forum you loved you were IN IT. Those usernames were real people you looked forward to talking to. I think it has to do with the level of effort it takes for participation. The sparse, utilitarian all text design can be off putting. Some people just don't like to read, you know? Often times it was not easy to make an account, you had to prove you were worthy of acceptance or get an invitation. It was work. MySpace and Facebook made it effortless, and it was appealing because you could immediately talk to friends instead of building rapport with strangers. I think in the end it comes down to respect. Social media is very permissive by design, and people got away with talking garbage with no consequences. You can't just be hostile asshole around here.