Same here. I used to heavily use emacs, but when I changed job, it was much easier to simply use vscode instead of making emacs work properly in the new work environment.
Maybe if I find some time, I may go back to emacs since I miss a few features from it.
Poorly advertised is an understatement, I never heard about this within Reddit xD I always thought that it was a third-party thing.
It is indeed similar to the "Local" feed from Lemmy then. However, it doesn't have the "I'm part of a common family" feeling that I see in an instance like jlai.lu where we know that all users from the instance see the same content.
To me, the Local feed is one of the biggest strengths of Lemmy.
It allows having in the same platform a community/instance based feed (for example, Local in jlai.lu allows you to find most of the French activity in Lemmy), and at the same time, I can use "Subscribed" and/or "All" feeds to get a broader view of the Fediverse.
Without the "Local" view, Lemmy would just feel like another Reddit clone to me, where French communities would just be flooded by English-speaking communities. On Reddit, the French community actually had to create a subreddit dedicated to listing all French subreddits, just because the discoverability of non-English-speaking subreddits is just awful by default on Reddit.
And at the same time, I don't see the need for "curation algorithms". The "Subscribed" feed already fills this use case for me.
You can force a video to appear in Lemmy by copying the original peertube URL of the video into lemmy's search. It will take 2-3 seconds to import it and show up in the search results.
jlai.lu because it allows to simply use the "Local" feed to browse most French related communities, while still being able to browse the rest of the Threadiverse using the "Subscribed" or "All" feeds.
To me, that's a huge improvement to Reddit, where it allows language-based and topic-based communities to have dedicated places which are easier to explore.
Yes, that is the best way.
Liberapay is also great as it doesn't take any commission itself (although if you actually use liberapay frequently, it would be a good idea to also donate to them!).
One way to deal with this issue in Mastodon is to follow hashtags instead. Personally, it is also not for me, but it is still better than following individuals.
I feel like it's more of a client issue than a Lemmy issue. We could imagine having clients that correctly support crossposting by having tabs for each comment section.
Well, my main issue with Twitter is that it is used for official communications, and sometimes is the only medium that is used. To me, official communications should go through platforms that aren't owned by a private company. This is where Mastodon/Firefish would be great alternatives, since governments or institutions could set up their own servers, while still being part of a wider network.
Jomn @ Jomn @jlai.lu Posts 3Comments 93Joined 2 yr. ago
Same here. I used to heavily use emacs, but when I changed job, it was much easier to simply use vscode instead of making emacs work properly in the new work environment.
Maybe if I find some time, I may go back to emacs since I miss a few features from it.