• @[email protected]
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        15 months ago

        After reading through this, it wouldn’t surprise me if he turned out to be a Russian operative. In particular a Slovakian, no hate to Slavs but he just strikes me as one ya know?

        It all just reads like a disgruntled federal operative letting the popularity get to their head.

        • Bali
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          25 months ago

          It wouldn’t suprprise me also if he lives near Sagitarius A*

          • @[email protected]
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            75 months ago

            It would seem I forgot to add the /s

            In any case, I’m simply disappointed in his choices for not open sourcing software that would undoubtedly march on in terms of progress at light speed if fully FOSS.

            I hope he learns to hone his ego, it’s within and without. I just hope he comes to his senses and begins to work with devs who are desperate to get a peak at the closed source portions of his sofware. - By open sourcing any blackboxed software.

              • @[email protected]
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                35 months ago

                Honestly same! I was ready to delete my Pixelfeed account after having read all thatlbut I have high hopes that a turnaround comes. Here’s to hoping 🤞

    • @[email protected]
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      535 months ago

      That’s what I use but it’s just one of the several way to access Lemmy which is the first app shown.

      • @[email protected]
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        15 months ago

        When I first joined Lemmy, it was not easy to find my way around. I left Reddit because they screwed over 3rd party apps, so finding Voyager early on was a blessing. I just want people to be aware that there is an easier way to navigate Lemmy, and they update regularly.

    • Zoot
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      25 months ago

      Boost is best. Only thing that doesn’t work great is spoiler markdown, otherwise it’s great

    • Ulrich
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      295 months ago

      Because it’s brand new and will eventually federate. The developer is deep in the fediverse so 100% it will

      • kat
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        145 months ago

        But right now it doesn’t…

        • Ulrich
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          95 months ago

          It’s really not a technicality to get worked up about.

          • kat
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            85 months ago

            I disagree. Anybody that joins Loops right now is forced to the one instance. That’s not federation. That’s not an issue for you. Which is valid. But you don’t get to police those who don’t share your view.

            • Ulrich
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              55 months ago

              Nobody is “policing” anyone, I just don’t think it’s a valid argument.

                • Ulrich
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                  65 months ago

                  I don’t think you understand what that word means.

        • @[email protected]
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          35 months ago

          They’ve done federation on a few test posts, but it’s definitely not there yet for normal users to use.

    • @[email protected]
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      105 months ago

      My understanding is that it will when it’s more strange and that the dev did the same thing with Pixelfed.

      • originalucifer
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        235 months ago

        im a big fan of not marketing your product until it can do the things you intend. theyve been spamming loops everywhere for over 6 months.

        • CMLVI
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          85 months ago

          It’s also very featureless. Basically videos, comments, likes. I’m on it, and I’ve opened it maybe 6x in 2 weeks? I also think it’s just an open feed; all the videos posted in chronological order (but I could be wrong here). Idk if this goes against the Fediverse creed to have an algorithm-fed feed, but I think part of the nature of these short form, endless-scrolling apps is finding vids about your interests from new places.

          • @[email protected]
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            115 months ago

            I think we should ultimately support algorithm feeds, but they should be free and open algorithms that can be peer reviewed, and also maybe give the users some control over which algorithm is applied and how. The problem with current social algorithms is they operate in the dark and are manipulative, not that they provide relevant content to users.

            • CMLVI
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              25 months ago

              That, and it’s arguable primary purpose is to serve ads. “People similar to you clicked on these ads” type shit. And I get it to a point, platforms need to support themselves, and unless it’s a paid app, that doesn’t keep servers running. But it’d be nice to just get one every 10 minutes, and not every 10 seconds, and also to opt out of tracking for served ads instead of just random ones.

        • @[email protected]
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          35 months ago

          With the Tiktok ban I think marketing it prematurely has been a good thing and introduced a number of people from that world into the fediverse.

  • @[email protected]
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    395 months ago

    What’s the most “mainstream” peertube instance? All I’ve seen is niche gaming stuff. Is there an instance that is more of a youtube replacement?

    • @[email protected]
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      65 months ago

      Really? I just installed it and all I see is news in French. When I try to add more “platforms”, it tells me that I need to choose a platform first, but doesn’t give me any options. It’s like it just expects me to figure that out on my own. Very unintitive.

  • Obinice
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    95 months ago

    Peertube, a voyeurism site for vids of people peering in through window curtains? :P

  • FundMECFS
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    135 months ago

    Am I the only one who is bothered by this pic. It looks so fake and photoshopped.

    Maybe it’s because my phone has weird contrast settings for accessibility.

    Obviously I think whoever made this pic has great intentions and it’ll definitely be good enough for an article banner or something which is what it’s most likely to be used for.

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      Nah, the license doesn’t allow you to crop it

      Edit: not sure why I was downvoted for explaining the legal limitations of use of the license

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        125 months ago

        Nah I’m not gonna dunk on her effort. I’m glad she made it. Don’t wanna be a downer to her.

        But it just looks off to me.

        • @[email protected]
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          75 months ago

          If you have constructive feedback, it seems like the photographer is open to it. It’s not dunking on anyone to say “hey great work and cool idea, just so you know the image looks a little “off” on my screen, possibly due to my accessibility settings, which are blah blah blah… hope this helps, thanks for the great work!”

    • Cris
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      65 months ago

      Does the default lemmy web interface support use as a progressive web app?

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      If you zoom in on the image, you can see a faint gray square inside of the Lemmy app icon. That means it’s a progressive web app (PWA) on iPhone.

      Open the webpage in Safari > tap share > tap add to Home Screen

    • KNova
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      95 months ago

      She has been a good evangelist for the fediverse, IMO, based on my reading of her posts on Mastodon the last couple months.