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Meta's New Instagram Spinoff, Threads, Looks Like the Opposite of Existing Fediverse Services in c/chat@beehaw.org

[–] 1000knives@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i also absolutely feel this way, but i think more people like ~the algorithms~ than people like us suspect. you have no idea how many new people i’ve seen complain about this on mastodon. people show up, see a blank feed that they have to make an effort to populate, and turn around and leave. i think a lot of people enjoy frictionless spoonfed content a la the tiktok for you page these days…

Meta's New Instagram Spinoff, Threads, Looks Like the Opposite of Existing Fediverse Services in c/chat@beehaw.org

[–] 1000knives@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

good to know, but it speaks a lot about their priorities that neither was there on launch, imo.

What's the story behind your username? in c/askbeehaw@beehaw.org

[–] 1000knives@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

it’s the title of a YMO song!

What was your lowest point and how did you overcome it? in c/askbeehaw@beehaw.org

What little luxuries are worth the splurge? in c/askbeehaw@beehaw.org

[–] 1000knives@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

getting an extra-long phone charging cable is such a silly purchase but it’s sooo useful. like i can’t live without one at this point. phone almost dead but the outlet is too far away? not anymore it’s not!

Just Made a Queer Memory? Drop a Pin. in c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org

[–] 1000knives@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

aww, i love this site! but i also can’t find the pin i know i put there when i found the site anymore- i wonder if they removed it. oh well

Why is every Searx instance down when I try to use it? in c/foss@beehaw.org

[–] 1000knives@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

i feel this too, i tried using searx for a while and found it really nice but frequently down or broken :/ i’ll try some of the instances suggested here.

Is there a tendency to regard books which make us feel bad as "better" than ones which don't? in c/literature@beehaw.org

[–] 1000knives@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i think this ties back to the idea that suffering is noble and enlightening, somehow. the flip side of that is the idea that nothing important or meaningful can be conveyed through happiness. i don’t think that’s true, but i guess a lot of people do.

Kev Quirk, one of the admins of Fosstodon (a Mastodon instance), destroys Meta in an email exchange. in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] 1000knives@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

i haven’t seen any hard confirmation, but i believe one of these mastodon admin meetings has already happened (the one attended by the universeodon admin) and an nda was involved. this would be the second meeting.

Lemmy, Kbin, Mastodon shoutout from Lifehacker: The Four Best Reddit Alternatives in c/news@beehaw.org

[–] 1000knives@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

as a longtime mastodon user, tech articles about the fediverse are often very confused and under researched. it’s like tech reporters take one look at the websites and their brains shut off- if they ever even looked at them to begin with.

Has anyone here stopped drinking? in c/chat@beehaw.org

[–] 1000knives@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

not really. honestly, if someone is being really weird about it i still say i can’t drink because i’m on medication, even though that’s not true anymore.

how has your pride month been? in c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org

[–] 1000knives@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

i got covid… so, not great. :P the big pride celebrations in my city were also all right at the beginning of the month when i was still super sick so i missed them all.