@freamon Agreed, it's a silver lining post, for sure.
But generally I find people say "you see, this is why the Fediverse/Lemmy/Mastodon etc will never take off" for every blip of bad news or whatever. But in reality, while the news sucks for .ml servers, it highlights the resiliency of the Fediverse - which is a win.
And better to happen in the early days of Lemmy than when/if it got much bigger.
I want lemmy to have a hacker news mentality on posts and comments. Only post something if it will help continue a discussion. In the beginning that’s mostly what it was and it was great. Now it’s turning into Reddit V2. If that’s what people want then it’s fine, I just thought it’d be more like old Reddit where we only upvote content that added to a discussion.
Honestly this might be an unpopular opinion, but I think this literally down to bad luck and this is nothing we have to be prepare for anymore than any other host. Which is an incredibly small amount. It’s not like this shit happens often as there would be a lot of news coverage around it considering the amount of big companies affected, and I frankly think this is very low on the list of priorities of things that lemmy has to keep in mind or address at some point.
I was wondering where everyone went to get news, reviews, trailers, etc. IGN has always left a bad taste in my mouth with their seemingly bias reviews. I used to go to the gaming, games, Xbox, and a couple other smaller niche subreddits to gather the vast majority of the info. Now I’d like some advice on what others favorite...
I’m the lead mod over on !ps5 and I am also a mod on !nintendo
I use an RSS reader app/website plugged into all the various news sites for gaming on all consoles and PC that a browse a few times a day. I post a lot of the news I like to the communities I mod. If you’re looking for an app, I recommend an RSS reader (there are a lot to choose from so I would dabble in a few and see what you like).
If you’re looking for gaming centric communities you probably already know where to find them on here, but resetera has good discussions as well. If you want to look for other communities across lemmy instances you can use lemmyverse.net/communities (be sure to set your home instance with the “home” icon so all links open correctly).
I appreciate the pep talk. I’m an engineer in water resources and do my best to help where I can. Sometimes I have outbursts on the Internet and sometimes I fall into frighteningly deep depression. I removed my ability to have children in my terror of bringing life into a the world so dark. So it’s not one or the other -be angry and do nothing or have hope and work towards a better future. I’m very angry and very frightened and very jaded… And I’m doing what I can to hopefully prove myself wrong. I would very much like to be wrong. I don’t have much hope most days and do believe the planet would be much better off of humans were at least much reduced in number. But I have loved ones and empathy for strangers, as well as a sense of self preservation so I don’t relish the thought of suffering. Things can be more than one thing at the same time. I’m not sure how to develop hope, and I’m not sure how people like yourself still carry any, but I have the kind of steadfast resolve to help my fellow humans reduce their suffering at the end. There’s a great deal of good that humans can do as well, art, music, stories, love. Those are the threads that keep me bobbing close to the surface. But yeah, I avoid the news almost entirely except for a few trusted sources and what I can’t help but run across on Lemmy, etc. I’m too sensitive clearly
Yeah, Reddit gets something like 52 million daily active users and 450 million monthly users. Lemmy has 500k total and 150k active.
Even if all of Lemmy went over and engaged with Reddit, it wouldn’t even be a blip compared to Reddit drawing a portion of their monthly users in. Especially when the discontent is over whether someone is contributing a fractional percent to the vagaries of engagement, and whether that meaningfully benefits Reddit, which is further predicated on this being a big brain move to collect engagement numbers and not Reddit flailing for anything to distract the community.
Might as well sneak a sign for Lemmy into there and use the unhappiness at Reddit to spread the news.
I’m starting a Lemmy group to collect mainstream press coverage of the Fediverse, ActivityPub and the like. When you see an article on a news site or such, consider submitting it there?
The idea is to “crowdsource” a repository of what the world says about us in mainstream outlets that have a significant audience.
Curious to see how they address community feedback. My money is on them ignoring it nearly completely and focusing solely on the Season 1 launch, reminiscent of the classic “do you not have phones?” fiasco.
As much as I dislike Facebook I really don’t agree with the idea that they should pay for linking to news articles.
One could flip the argument in article and ask if having a post on Facebook is worthless for the newspapers, then why are companies paying Meta for ads on Facebook?
I also feel that this goes against the concept of the internet. If Facebook has to pay then why shouldn’t I when I’m linking to a page from my blog? Why shouldn’t Lemmy?
The problem for the rest of us is that big companies can handle the payment, and they can handle the admin for getting paid. The rest of us won’t get paid but we’ll all have to pay. The barriers for entry will only become bigger and only the big boys will be allowed to play.
Going back to the Old Ways, but I’m having trouble finding up to date news links. Many lists seem to be outdated and crash into paywalls or are just broken.
Someone on lemmy put me onto Improve the News, which also has an app. Links to various outlets and papers around the world, and is transparent about where the news comes from. Possibly the best I’ve ever seen.
I don’t want to block world_news and news altogether, I still want to see the less political and the non ukraine war related news, so what other options do I have?
Plug your ears with your fingers and sing; news will infiltrate literally every aspect of your life in some form or another because it is the nature of reality: shit happens everywhere and someone is there to tell people about it.
You can't live in your safe little bubble sustainably. However, to answer your question, kbin allows you to filter keywords and domains that have news, not sure about lemmy.
Because reddit never has operated that way. Posts aren't news. Posts are things on people's minds. Opinions will always outnumber events. Especially when those events may not have a big impact on their lives. And to be honest, I see more complaints about "let's not discuss reddit" than I do discussing reddit. My guess is you're confusing the amount of content that gets posted to your instance. It's not nearly as much as reddit so you'll see all the low voted content just as often. That content never makes it to other instances though. So it's not so much a Lemmy problem, but a lemmy.world problem is my guess.
I've just seen a lot of post recently complaining what they see on their front pages such as news, politics, endless memes, etc. But you do know if any of those subs bother you or seem excessive, you can filter the subs so that they don't appear on your front page anymore. Filter memes and 196, and about 70 percent of the memes...
Yea, I’ve been using lemmy for the opposite. I want to have contact with every thing that is gaining attention. That way I will not be confined to my own bubble of interest and will be able to have contact with previous unknown stuff. Also the random porn during the day kind of feels nice. Scroll, see an ass, nice, scroll, new Lego set (don’t deal with Lego for more than 20years) coming out, cool, scroll, F1 random news (I don’t watch) means more knowledge.
Ive been looking for reddit alternatives exactly to not have the catered experience I have there. So lemmy /all /hot works great for me!
Recently we’ve been seeing some pretty obvious spam, which I & others have been clearing out, but there’s also been simple link posts to articles that aren’t quite spam yet don’t have any body text to suggest what the intent is. Presumably to start a conversation, but I’d like people’s input here before I make any...
Dropping a link with no context is the very definition of “low effort” and those should be removed or downvoted. Here’s an article, here’s a video…ok…why do I care? Why is it relevant? What’s good about it?
If you sent the link to your friend in a text, what would you tell them? What makes it worth sharing?
I really wish this was thought about universally. Half of the stuff in the big “news” and “technology” communities seems like it’s just posted mindlessly with no context. It completely missed the point of having a community where you share content…not just post content.
Appreciation for all of the moderators and users making Lemmy great ❤️
My feed is mainly memes and porn. Maybe you should browse with different options.
It also seems you're confusing news you don't like with 'doombait', 'ragebait' and 'corporation bad'. Really, this post is the most distressing one i've seen on lemmy or kbin recently.
I’m surprised blocking news communities isn’t something most people are doing. Reddit (and Lemmy) are great for entertainment and specific topics like tech, but terrible at everything else. Start blocking them, you probably won’t regret it much.
Take this screenshot for example. This is the front page of Lemmy right now. Virtually every post will make the reader feel bad and depressed. It’s all doombait, ragebait - and if it’s a meme, it is usually a meme that leaves an annoyed taste in your mouth at someone or something....
Some people seem to really enjoy the articles posted by the content bot, but others seem to think that the bot post too many articles and clog up their RSS feeds. Come give us your opinion in the straw poll.
Lemmy and Tildes has really shown me how much more interesting information is when it’s given by a real person with some context or an opening post.
A news article posted by a bot to… farm karma on Lemmy?? It’s just noise. Many of such articles posted have clickbait titles and comments under them tend to have less value and are based around uniformed opinions coming from the (often misleading) title alone.
Quality aside, I guess I don’t really see the point. To who’s benefit are bot content posted? It feels like advertising to me. I’d like to think that the community are able to sustain itself by the content someone cared enough about to bother post it here.
In short, bot created content is noise to me, while content posted by real persons has value.
There’s a boost for Lemmy. Idk if it’s ready (I’m on iOS, but used to use boost on android, and I miss it so much, I just come across the news now and then), but you might be able to test it if not!
That’s precisely why Reddit and Lemmy exist, they are content aggregators and people sort out the best content and comments by voting. If you are trying to make the point that I should deal with multiple duplicates posts on Lemmy in the same way I deal with multiple news outlets, then your point is equivalent to say that Lemmy is useless.
people sort out the best content and comments by voting
Which is exactly what will happen with “duplicate” communities.
If you are trying to make the point that I should deal with multiple duplicates posts on Lemmy in the same way I deal with multiple news outlets, then your point is equivalent to say that Lemmy is useless.
Lmao hyperbole much? My point is that you presumably don’t go complaining to the aether about the fact that your news feed is cluttered by CNN, WaPo, Vox, CNBC, etc all reporting on the Crimean bridge being blown up. You read multiple articles for perspective, or focus on the outlet you feel is more valuable and filter out the rest.
Lemmy is a platform for people to create and join communities freely, not a too-down service to actively collate and condense topics. If that makes it useless to you, then maybe you’re looking for a different platform honestly.
It's foolish to think open source isn't possible on Android. (UPDATED, Top of All Time on r/fossdroid)
cross-posted from: feddit.nl/post/318319...
Is lemmy.fmhy.ml down? (lemmy.world)
I can’t login nor connect to the that instance! Was there another hack? Thanks!
This (lemmy.world)
There’s less Reddit meta content on Reddit, why did I come here?
Welp that answers a lot of why all .ml are down (i.imgur.com)
very.bignutty.xyz/notes/9hf13it1ced3b2za
Where do you get your gaming news?
I was wondering where everyone went to get news, reviews, trailers, etc. IGN has always left a bad taste in my mouth with their seemingly bias reviews. I used to go to the gaming, games, Xbox, and a couple other smaller niche subreddits to gather the vast majority of the info. Now I’d like some advice on what others favorite...
Billions of nanoplastics released when microwaving baby food containers (www.sciencedaily.com)
(Some) Redditors be like (lemmy.world)
Really love the overall climate of lemmy so far
People say it feels like old reddit and it does to a degree, but in other ways it feels better!...
Developer live stream at 11:00 PST (www.twitch.tv)
Curious to see how they address community feedback. My money is on them ignoring it nearly completely and focusing solely on the Season 1 launch, reminiscent of the classic “do you not have phones?” fiasco.
Meta tells news publishers to talk to the hand (arstechnica.com)
“Now that we’ve killed your industry, it’s time to move on.”...
Where can i find a list of useful RSS feeds for news?
Going back to the Old Ways, but I’m having trouble finding up to date news links. Many lists seem to be outdated and crash into paywalls or are just broken.
What can I do to reduce political news?
I don’t want to block world_news and news altogether, I still want to see the less political and the non ukraine war related news, so what other options do I have?
Can we stop talking about that other site that had a migration here?
Every other post is about that site....
Ya'll do realize you can customize what you can/can't see on kbin/lemmy, and your experience is about about how you make it right? (kbin.social)
I've just seen a lot of post recently complaining what they see on their front pages such as news, politics, endless memes, etc. But you do know if any of those subs bother you or seem excessive, you can filter the subs so that they don't appear on your front page anymore. Filter memes and 196, and about 70 percent of the memes...
Deciding about post types going forward
Recently we’ve been seeing some pretty obvious spam, which I & others have been clearing out, but there’s also been simple link posts to articles that aren’t quite spam yet don’t have any body text to suggest what the intent is. Presumably to start a conversation, but I’d like people’s input here before I make any...
Ernie Buys an Eight (youtu.be)
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Lemmy is being filled with ragebait and doombait from new accounts. This is what drove me and others away from Reddit. (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1795192...
Lemmy is being filled with ragebait and doombait from new accounts. This is what drove me and others away from Reddit. (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1795192...
Lemmy is being filled with ragebait and doombait from new accounts. This is what drove me and others away from Reddit. (lemmy.world)
Take this screenshot for example. This is the front page of Lemmy right now. Virtually every post will make the reader feel bad and depressed. It’s all doombait, ragebait - and if it’s a meme, it is usually a meme that leaves an annoyed taste in your mouth at someone or something....
Technology Community Poll: Content Bot (strawpoll.com)
Some people seem to really enjoy the articles posted by the content bot, but others seem to think that the bot post too many articles and clog up their RSS feeds. Come give us your opinion in the straw poll.
Reddit brings back r/place - tomorrow, July 20 (www.reddit.com)
Totally not suspicious timing at all....
How is Lemmy dealing with multiple communities on the same topic?
I come from Reddit and been enjoying Lemmy so far. How is Lemmy dealing with multiple communities on the same topic? To me:...