Then there’s no point in having an asking platform, incase anyone needed to ask politics out of curiosity. Take this magazine down.

We don’t need the coomers here. We just don’t.

Because it exploits how dumb the internet toy such as a karma system really is.

I like the Fediverse’s handling of it. Look, I can post however much I want. Unlike Reddit, where I got to storm to AskReddit because it doesn’t care about how much karma you’ve got, farm karma, wait for a period and then finally be able to post where I want to.

People have sadly tied their existence to this system. I mean, the higher a karma count is for someone, I’ve noted how much of a snobbish bastard people love to come off as. Like as if it makes them superior, regardless of the shit takes and awful arguments they project.

Karma systems invalidate thought and discussion. Do you really mean to say what you’ve said because you mean it? Or did you say it because you know it’ll garner the most points? Quite frankly, I’d rather be saying what I want to say because some of the time, I do mean it. On Reddit, I always have had to fake myself and say stupid shit just so I can have enough points to finally post elsewhere. So many people on Reddit will say anything and do anything to make themselves feel better about themselves by phoning in thoughts, opinions and expressions. But I doubt they actually believe into half of the shit they say or do.

And when you get downvoted? Welp, be prepared to karma farm again because some subreddits will not allow you to post or just throw you into the spam filter bin because you get prompted by a 9 minute timer before you can post again. It’s just an atrocious system all around that has bastardized the way people communicate with eachother. So, Fuck Reddit’s Karma system, it doesn’t belong here.

Truthfully, no.

If the API fiasco hasn’t really deterred enough Reddit users to convert, then almost nothing will. Except maybe when Spez gets around to monetizing NSFW subreddits and subreddits in general that are very large. But even then, I still say it won’t be a giant deal. They’ll come here but they’ll want the Fediverse to strongly appeal to NSFW content and really the Fediverse is fine without it poisoning itself with that filth.

• Consumer Rights
• Worker’s Rights
• Universal Healthcare
• Copyright/Intellectual Property Issues
• Make the Internet a Utility
• Give the FTC some teeth i.e more authority so that they can have better chances to stop big acquisitions and monopolies from happening

It’s impossible today because there’s billions of people that most likely will ignore you.

In a simpler world with less than 4 million, there was a chance.

Out of the three, I don’t want my high school experience to have had no people. The other two, yeah I’m good with having no people.

I’ve moderated subreddits, I’ve moderated chat rooms and have had managerial experiences in other things over the years online.

People hated me moderating because I ‘took out the trash’ that people, including other moderators, considered the life of a community. People being meme shitlords, people trolling, people gaslighting, people instigating matters .etc

And they all got by because of friendly nepotism and shitty comradery among shitty people who love other shitty people.

I’m not the kind of moderator that I see in most moderators now, who have a brain aneurysm over some expressions and thoughts that they see others express that they deliberately misinterpret. All so that they can construct their self-justifying reasons to ban over.

And that is power-tripping, to me.

Invest in electric heaters.

If you already had a place picked that’s in the north, make sure you settle in as early as a month or two before it’s winter season starts.

Do not ever neglect snow tires. If you’re tight on money, getting even 2 sets of tires for wintry conditions is better than none. But 4 is still recommended and no, All-Seasons are terrible for winters regardless of brand. They just aren’t designed for winter conditions, they’re designed mostly for Spring/Summer/Fall.

Buy winter emergency sets for your vehicle. Buy one for the glove compartment, the ones where they actually have emergency power banks in them. Buy another for general use, especially ones equipped with a piece together shovel.

Use HEET only in 30 below temperatures.

sudo-apt-get install mouth

The mods on lemmy are just as sensitive as the ones on reddit and they lean on excessive bans.

Man, moderators suck because they’re all closeted losers.

You’re almost asking to be in an environment where you’re surrounded by 386 computers, PDAs, CRTs and beepers.

We’re sadly stuck with the way capitalism has enshittified technology to where it is almost unavoidable and the only options we’re down to is how much of ourselves we limit the access to that stuff. We’re also stuck with just going second-hand shopping because almost no company wants to go back to the way things were unless they want to market ViNtAgE or ReTrO throwbacks which even they sometimes shit all over those models.

For once, I am not seeing comments where it’s just an endless chain mixed with the responses of some dude’s alt and people who run a joke right off the treads. I’m seeing just responses. Actual thoughts. Even if the thoughts are shitty i.e argumentative and illogical trolls who bait, they’re still somewhat thoughts.

I don’t see a lot of “DATS WHAT SHE SAID!” followed by “AND HE SAID” followed by “AND THE CAT SAID” on and on. That’s the kind of trash you’d find on Reddit, even on subreddits where the news is reported.

Moderators that actually moderate. Now there’s still a disagreement with how things are moderated and that’s case by case. It’s not strictly a Reddit or Lemmy thing. It’s an internet thing. But, moderators on the Fediverse in general, seem to be more responsive and a little more logical than any Reddit one ever. Reddit mods, go on power-hungry blazetrails where they just ban and ban based on THEIR interpretations of the rules and not the general rules already set in the community they mod in.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is still a bit of a recent game, even if it’s a year old. Normally games like it, take about 3 - 5 years before we start seeing drastic sales.

Now games that are over 10 years old and still being 10% off? Fuck out of here with that.

What’s getting annoying now is that they’ve been tossing in like packs for freemium games. Gross. That’s not a game, guys, that’s an attempt to get us to spend more money if we’re to like this EXP/Skin pack you’ve given away.

It will exactly be a repeat, for sure. It’ll be like the new inaugural routine, where a portion of the population will rise up for their murderous conman and try to overthrow a government. So long as he’s alive.

It’s still funnily ironic how this is the party, the GOP, that told Democrats in 2016 to just “accept it”. But when it was their turn to, no, they start an insurrection.

Even if someone doesn’t regularly use computers, it doesn’t hurt to gain some experience in communicating in ways you’re not used to. Like, I don’t like ‘typing’ on a mobile phone. The interface is small, customization is limited and you’re prone to constantly make spelling mistakes. But I adapted and can at least now type on mobile half the speed I can on a keyboard.

Generational gaps need not apply. This is simply just a learning thing that is applicable to all.

Everyone all denial about diseases and serious illnesses until they get it. Unfortunately, during the pandemic, some of those who did get COVID and denied about it, still downplayed it like it was just a simple cold. Until you know, some of them actually died because of how much they didn’t anticipate the probability of getting it.

How would the mainstream view it?

A hip cool new thing that they’re just knowing. Probably intimidated too.

How would software support improve?

Borrowing ideas from already successful ways of supporting software done in other fields.

How would gaming look like?

Probably a huge deal breaker for some. If they know they can’t run 100% of the games they acquire on an OS, then that’s it.

Which country will become the first Linux majority? India? Seychelles?

India. It’s projected to grow at 25.2%

How many local governments would start adopting it?

Not many.

What year do you think it will happen in?

If it took Linux 3 decades to finally get to even 2%, I’m betting it’ll take another 3 decades or longer.