JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 100%
This post is Meta.
On a serious note, can we appreciate Meta's marketing team for the timing of this announcement. They waited for Twitter to bleed to kick it in the shins.
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 100%
Oh, this is lovely. Thank you.
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 100%
No
I wasn't sure where to ask so I chose here. The other day I saw a post encouraging people to spread the load on lemmy.world and jump onto other instances. I've decided to take one for the tea and do it even though my account is like 2 weeks old 🫡 However, how do I find physically local instances? In the post mentioned above someone gave a link that shows some sort of a map(?) where such information could be found. Could someone hook me up with it please?
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 50%
I feel your sentiment. But it's more about our impression that everything on the internet should be free.
There are people that hate subscriptions, paywalls, adds or that their personal data being sold. And yet they want to use all the services such as Netflix, YouTube, Facebook, etc. People want to have their cake and eat it too.
I am not saying that the number of adds and prices are not getting out of control but it makes sense to me that if I am not paying directly for certain services, I am paying for them with my personal data or an advertiser is paying for me instead.
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 0%
There is like 5 apps I think available on android.
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 100%
Technically you pay to use Youtube by watching adds. People sometimes forget that there are no free lunches.
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 100%
I live in UK an I have seen ads every few posts. Have you been using it for long? Do you use some sort of VPN or network wide adblocker? Or maybe you didjtn realize they were ads as they are disguised as posts.
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 85%
Well, new Reddit might easily mean better but also diffderent Reddit. Also, I am not sure whether people actually call it a new Reddit. Most of the time I heard the destription was a Reddit alternative which by definition doesn't imply that it's identical or even better in all ways.
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 100%
My theory is that they are being sneaky and this is a trial to see how it will affect Twitter if they only made it to registered users. That is why they are calling it a "tech" issue. What a bunch of bollocks. This way they can backdown if they see a negative impact by claiming that they "fixed" the issue.
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 100%
It would take way more but the first step it would be to remove religions. And not only because most are not peaceful in principle but also because some religions see others as a target. Even small difference in beliefs could spark a vicious and long standing conflic, like Catholics Vs protestants.
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 100%
It causes 37.7% increase not matter how much you consume of Aspartame.
/s
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 100%
It's definitely bad for you. Original Coke is better but of course still not good.
This is totally baseless statement and most likely false. Sugar as far as I know still way more deadly to humans than all the sweeteners combined.
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 100%
This is another point that no-one makes. While it is clear that the best alternative to a sweetened drink would be water, often it is the "healthier and natural" version with real sugar which is just incomparably more damaging to human bodies.
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 100%
I am curious whether this will actually impact what is considered safe to consume on a daily basis.
Again, many things are unhealthy and carcinogenic in large quantities. The infamos study showed that Aspartame was causing cancer in mice but the amounts they were given would be like humans eating bags of it every day.
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 77%
I see you point but I think you are being harsh here. It is clear that it is not to be taken literally that Mastodon is nothing like Twitter in therms of looks. I think the spirit of the OPs comment is that it is the style of conversations, atmosphere and culture that each of them foster what makes them somewhat different.
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 100%
This is the way
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 100%
Alright Mr Outraged, just because you got here a week before others doesn't mean the the new comers cannot ask about Lemmy and his it compares to Reddit. In fact the numbers are expected to rise. So good luck blocking posts and people on daily basis for weeks and months to come.
Aka, don't be a jerk to new comers that have questions. Jeez.
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 75%
I don't know the answer.
JesusTheCarpenter 1y ago • 100%
Just because you are into slugs in teal cravats it doesn't mean it is a niche as you think.
I've just started using Wefwef after Jerboa became incompatible with Lemmy 0.18 and having try 3 other Android apps and I have to say that I am loving it so far. The only thing that I noticed that bugs me at the moment is that I can not seem to be able to aorty by Top (Day, Week, etc.). Interestingly Thunder has the same issue. All the other apps I tried allow me to do that.
I am loving the app but the only thing that I am missing or not sure how to do is to find out what particular comment a reply is refering too. I used to use Infinity for Reddit and you could click on the reply to see individual comment thread that this reply was related to.