Without getting into the merits of the service, not having the web version on day 1 was a major mistake. I was curious about the service and I'd have probably played around with it a bit but there is no way that I would install a Meta app on my phone. So being greeted with that "get the app" screen on the web page was an instant disengage.
Much of the post is the author reminiscing about how the community has changed over time, the author's Steam library, whether we need to dual boot and how great KDE is. After scrubbing through it I have no idea what makes the distribution special and why I'd want to pick it over other options.
mastodon.el is great if you are an Emacs user, works very well and you have all the usual Emacs conveniences on hand.
For Lemmy so far I am sticking with the default web UI and Jerboa. Tried some other alternatives but I keep coming back to these.
In the default Mastodon web UI you can simply click on a hashtag and then press the "Follow hashtag" button. If you want to follow a hashtag that's not showing up in your feed yet then you can search for it and then click on it in the search results. If you don't see the "follow hashtag" button that might mean that your instance is running a very old version of Mastodon. Hashtag follows were added in version 4.0 which came out at the end of last year.
One caveat is that hashtags follows only show posts that "make it" to your instance either because they were created locally or because another user on your instances followed the person who posted them. In practice being on an instance with a sizable user base or an instance that's oriented towards your interests should work well.
I'd really like to see some client-API consolidation. A common client API that could efficiently handle both "microblog" style and threaded discussions (lemmy etc) and leave the door open for other discussion formats too. This would allow for clients/frontends to flourish even more and backends could compete on features and efficiency. The backend specific features could be expressed through an extension mechanism of the common API.
Fedilab is an open source client for Mastodon and some other fediverse protocols (no Lemmy yet). The Google Play paid version is a way to support the developers.
you do it without understanding the possible consequences
you do it in a way that can be detected
It's not stupid if:
you are aware of the potential consequences and you consider it an acceptable risk
you are very confident that it won't be detected
For example I use a similar method to access Discord and I am aware that my account might get banned if this is detected. It's a calculated risk that I am ok with.
To clarify these are not bots but users expressing their opinion in this fashion. The r/modcoord thread where I saw this has some comments with the background.
/r/ModCoord/comments/15rvzb0/mod_team_for_rthingsforants_just_got_removed/
All of those are good choices with different trade-offs. I am a long time zsh user but I'd say stick with bash until you feel strongly enough about your preferences to evaluate the other options for yourself.
I am on st as well. The externalpipe patch is the killer feature for me, it's so much more flexible than the usual URL open that's built into many other terminal emulators. xterm and urxvt had something similar too. Alacritty has an open issue for the feature.
I was used to the standard layout from playing on the desktop so I didn't even bother to look at alternatives: move with left stick, shoot with buttons, activate items with triggers and bumpers.
I am curious which part are you unhappy with. Should be easy to customize.
I've been on a Binding of Isaac binge. I thought that I had my fill with it over the years but the deck has really put a new life into it. It's a perfect fit. And I am finding myself playing it again even on the desktop. I thought that I wasn't gonna need Repentence but I guess I will have to get it now.
Yeah, for any sizable organization running your own instance is the way to go, similarly to how you'd want your own DNS domain, email and web site. And just like with these other services your fedi presence could be hosted somewhere too but you want to be in control of it.
15 years. I haven't deleted my account yet but I haven't logged in
since API day. I have a redirect in place to go through a libreddit
proxy in case I end up on the site through a web search or something.
I am pretty commited to never contribute to the site again and I am
planning to delete my account at some point. I want to make sure that
I can reliably delete my full comment history before I do that and I
haven't bothered researching that yet. I am hoping that there will be
a way to do it through a GDPR or CCPA request at some point rather
than me having to do the work. (yeah I know there are tools but it's
still an effort)
Reddit had been my greatest online addiction by far. It's kinda nice
that they made it so easy to kick it. A bit like finding an unexpected
out from a bad relationship. Good luck with the rest of your life
Reddit!
Without getting into the merits of the service, not having the web version on day 1 was a major mistake. I was curious about the service and I'd have probably played around with it a bit but there is no way that I would install a Meta app on my phone. So being greeted with that "get the app" screen on the web page was an instant disengage.