I actually never heard of this saying, but I just looked up. Woah, that's really a phrase they use internally, hm? Crazy.
And it does accurately describe what they try to do here. It can't really work like that, since many people use GNU/Linux specifically because it's not owned by EvilCo™. But they could probably take over some part of the server-hosting business like this. And that is a scary thought.
Imagine, they could make it super easy to deploy things by incoperating premade docker containers into their UI thingy. That's - like - real bad.
Yeah that's a fair point. The I use it because others do argument is very strong, and I'm assuming that is also why most people are still using Facebook and Twitter.
I have also seen some German Youtubers say, that they'd like to join Mastodon, but that the whole "instance" thing is too confusing to get behind, not understand that you just pick one with your interests, and off you go.
Hm, what an interesting combo. Using both the open and community-empowered Lemmy and the china-controlled ad-driven Tiktok. A combination I haven't seen yet!
Hosting video material is pretty expensive I guess...
Do you find that Tiktok attracts more neurodivergent and queer people than Lemmy? Perhaps consider switching instances? I do understand the convenience of video content though.
I have seen all kinds of people use Tiktok for many different purposes.
My brother uses it like the average zoomer, for the funi fortnite dances, omg rofl he said the thing posts and honiposts. (he's 13)
My father uses it for tips and tricks on stuff. Most posts he gets recommended don't seem bad at all. Of course it's the people who make the platform great, not the owners.
It feels super weird having used Lemmy for a while, and to then come back to something like Youtube, which does have it's proprietary algorithm thingy. So weird seeing content I didn't explicitely agree to seeing.
Facebook appears to be a common ground for many replies on this post, which I find very interesting.
I feel that Matrix and Lemmy go really nicely together. There are already some integrations, which let you link from your Lemmy to your Matrix account.
It's nice that Lemmy directly tells you "These messages are not secure" and recommends Matrix.
If this were driven by a cooperation, they would say "blablabla it's so secure you can trust us with your data blablabla" but no! This is the fediverse, where people can do what they want to!
Over here, they are self-aware and link to Matrix, which is so refreshing. This kind of open collaboration between projects is beautiful I think.
Also yeah, Mastodon feels weirdly... empty? I use it sometimes and despite it's apparently larger userbase, I cannot seem to find a good starting point.
Then again, I also didn't quite understand Twitter, so maybe that's it.
The way that the fediverse is split up like this, with many instance working with different rulesets really does make it feel like some neighbourhood people coming together to chat.
I especially like the way how, why you chose an instance, you can either stay within the bounds of your own local group, or interact with all the people by switching over to the "subscribed" tab (at least this is the case here on blahaj zone).
Very interesting. I do still see many posts originating from Reddit around here, presumably exactly because of that reason.
But I must tell you, making your own funis and ideas and putting them onto Lemmy feels really great.
It feels like an invitation to discuss the topic with others and come up with new ideas, instead of feeding other peoples algorithms and keep them hooked on the site.
It feels much more like interacting with real actual people, even if there are less on here.
Small addition:
Now that VR works essentially perfectly on GNU/Linux, even on Wayland with Gnome and an nvidia GPU, I have now stopped dualbooting for occasional VR Chat and Beat Saber (which are VR games).
In my opition, when looking away from online games with anticheat, Microsofts Office and adobes whatever software, there is no reason to use Winblows anymore.
The amount of configuration GNU/Linux gives me is truly empowering, running any scripts I want using shortcuts being a big one for me.
::: spoiler Some shortcuts I use daily
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Super+E -> Nautilus (obvious)
Super+W -> Firefox
Super+Y -> Youtube
Super+C -> Local LLM chat
Super+G -> Launch Godot
Generally vim navigation
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It's very sad to see general social media platforms go that route. Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are unusable without an account.