Not really interested in anything that even remotely mirrors “engagement” driven algorithms seen on other sites. It’s predictably resulted in siloing of information and the explosion of “rage-bait” content that’s pretty much taken over. Lemmy being different than that is a boon, not a deficit.
Nice! Thanks for sharing!
*It even collapses/expands images as you change posts! Perfect!
I think it’s less “this line is for emergencies” and more “our online process could takes days to get a response, here’s a line to a real human”.
That was my thought. Impossible to say in just a few months, of course, but here’s hoping it’s legit!
Not sure if I just lack the morbid curiosity most people have, but I never understood the draw to look for those things. I’d hear about them and just put it on a mental list to never touch.
I got the Gulikit KingKong 2 Pro a little while ago for the hall-effect joysticks and am liking it so far. Haven’t used it a bunch with my Deck, but when I did, it worked well. It’s $60, though, so maybe too pricey.
I’m assuming this is more a comment on the modern news cycle than about Reddit. Hell, most things barely last a few days outside of their immediate time frame, let alone a week.
True!
You tried, little bot.
This is not a comment on you, but I do the same thing and have come to realize it’s at least in part a response to being judged in some way (or feeling judged at least) over things I shared with my family, so now I just don’t share.
If it’s important to you, it might be worth having a conversation about why they are withholding and, if it’s for similar reasons, addressing why they feel that way and assuring them you’ll do your best to keep them from feeling bad about sharing.
Online content always seems to provide sub-par quality, even on good connections. Don’t need to worry about that with downloaded media.
Streaming services are bound and determined to make themselves Cable TV all over again. We had it good for a little while, at least.
Fair enough. Glad you got out!
I gotta ask, why did you never look at third-party options if you found it so miserable?
Funny thing, when you mock someone with dumb jokes, people “assume” you’re mocking them. Weird, I know, but it’s true.
Easier to just mock the volunteers running the server. That’s more reasonable 🙄
I couldn’t leave my app in the same spot, otherwise I’d keep opening it (or trying to open it, after tomorrow) out of habit.
You’re right! It would be awful if it was implemented in literally the worst way possible 🙄
C’mon dude. I’m obviously not advocating for 1984 style government announcements forcefed into people’s eyeballs. Setting up a government only twitter-esque platform wouldn’t be that terrible. Hell, with something like Mastadon or Lemmy, it could integrate easily into what people are already using.
I’ve been constantly amazed at how normalized it’s gotten for not only other companies, but for governments, to rely so much on sites like Twitter, Facebook, etc, for essential information like Amber Alerts. Shit like this hopefully makes people more aware of how treacherous it is to rely on corporate services for public services. Maybe the gov will finally institute their own web services for public information (unlikely) or at least enact boundaries on services that have been widely adopted (slight more likely).
They would still control it more than they did in Netflix, so it’s still upside in their eyes.