Maxcoffee

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

I tried it out but I didn't really like it that much. It seems to be good for most people though.

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

Go to the doc and get checked out. It could be anything from cancer to an anal fissure.

Even if it's not life threatening it will slowly get worse and the surgery to fix it if it does is one of the most painful experiences you can have. Better to address a hemorrhoid or fissure now using the various creams you can apply yourself rather than that.

[–] Maxcoffee@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

No. My time is worth more than 10k and I'd rather spend it doing stuff I like to do.

[–] Maxcoffee@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Most people won't gel with the free version though as it uses ASCII.

[–] Maxcoffee@kbin.social 140 points 2 years ago (14 children)

The challenge will be finding an actual traditional conservative instance that isn't also a pro-Nazi fascist shithole.

[–] Maxcoffee@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

People are paid to work on it tho.

Paying people doesn't necessarily translate to what you might want from it.

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

No no no it's just China doing you a solid and backing up your sensitive information just in case you lose your phone. It uses Blockchain technology where if you ever need it back they just block you.

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

We're not even using their software now. It shows the power of open source that all of this can coexist peacefully despite differing opinions.

[–] Maxcoffee@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

On their own instance, that they run. So again, who cares?

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

Yeah indeed, discoverability is lacking in Lemmy at the moment.

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

What I'm saying is that while tiny communities are great, the fact that they haven't moved to a federated platform yet doesn't really matter. Anybody, including yourself, can start up those communities on the Fediverse and curate them if there is enough of a reason to do so or just continue to engage them on Reddit too.

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

I see something similar in a lot of tech-related threads too.

Just check out posts and comments about Corsair and AMD in particular. There is often no room for logic, facts or debate around their products on Reddit. Rather, threads feel like you're stuck in a marketing promo event where everyone feels the products are great and fantastic and can do no wrong. It's eerily like you're seeing a bunch of bots or paid shill accounts all talking to each other.

 

Reddit used to be a great platform to discuss some topic and get different points of few in a friendly but factual manner. However, slowly it seems like the platform has become a lot more like Facebook, where it's been invaded by toxic people that are constantly looking for opportunities to shit and hate on others.

The change has been gradual so I really didn't notice it creep up on me. It's become super evident now having used Kbin and others for a week or so where people generally seem to be more friendly again and willing to actually discuss things in a usually civil way.

The difference is stark too. Today I replied to a comment saying that I hope things turn out better for them and wound up in a weird comment chain about how people were apparently insensitive for wanting to get a basic haircut that they for some reason couldn't afford themselves. Meanwhile, Kbin and the Fediverse feels like a refreshing place to actually converse with people once you get past the clunk and figure it out.

I think Reddit may well have reached that main stream social media saturation point where it very objectively now sucks. It happened originally with the internet itself thanks to the rise of the smartphone and this is just another iteration of it. I feel like Spez might as well get that bag at this point because they've ruined what used to be the platform people went to for social media without the bullshit, without algorithms to drive "engagement" and to avoid the toxic culture that has prevailed.

Thanks for reading my rant.

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