Very innocuous, even tongue-in-cheek, but never intimidating, almost verging on almost boring to someone who doesn't listen closely.
So... something like these:
Edit:
Added two more tunes
I've always thought the cut-off is whether it's near the speaker ("here") or near the person being spoken to ("there"). My native language has a three-way distinction (near the speaker ("dito"), near the person spoken to ("diyan"), far from both ("doon")), so it's pretty easy to just collapse it to "here" and "there".
Only for a limited amount of time, kenja time.
I try to reach from different directions:
For the regions I missed, I have a soapy mesh/loofah thing held by some kind of rope on both ends and with both hands, I use it to reach the unreachable areas:
\)/)—)I suppose that should be enough, but I only do that once a week. For the rest of the week, I just reach as far as I can and let the soapy water do what it can.
Thanks!! It's really noticeable, at least as far as I'm concerned. And I hope that even if you guys take your time, the new applicants will understand the delay (hell, perhaps even expect some delays because this is not in any way an ordinary situation).
Glad to be here too, thanks!
To me, it's mostly how an instance is ran. How it makes its decisions: defederating or not, and with whom, how they handle complaints, how they handle bans, etc. makes a difference in both the communities it hosts and its members.
There's also the matter of user culture. Some instances, like Beehaw, Lemmygrad, and Hexbear are known for a certain user culture. Some users might steer clear away from certain instances because of that perceived user culture.
And then there's the issue of defederation stance. It might not be readily apparent, or affect your user experience in a big way, but for some users, it's a factor. This is also where lemm.ee made its mark. It basically used defederation as a last resort, and some users were drawn to that.
Lemm.ee refugee here. I made my account over twenty-four hours ago, and was expecting that the registration will take time to be processed since at the time I made my application, this instance is among the most recommended. I was expecting the admins to be swamped. I was pleasantly surprised when I went back to my e-mails, an e-mail confirmation request was waiting, and just minutes after my confirmation, my registration was approved.
I am very thankful for the swift response, and thankful for the way this instance is ran (my primary reason choosing this over the others--it reminds me of lemm.ee in a good way).
Again, thanks!
Manipulate nearby water (in glasses, but I am only interested in the water) to first be in the form of water vapor, and then turn back to liquid in the politician's pits and nipples and eyes. Making him seem like he's lactating during a very sombre press conference. Making him seem like he's hyper-perspiring during speeches. Making him seem like he's crying during budget deliberations.
I'll make this happen repeatedly, without drawing attention to it unnecessarily. Just a politician who lactates, gushes water out of his pits, and cries.
Code-switching comes naturally. It's not even thought of as mixing languages since most people here know at least two languages, or even three. Tagalog and English are sometimes mixed, like:
But with the languages I am learning? Not really, unless I slip up, like when trying to show off: "¡Cuidade! Il ya un perro." I am not even learning Spanish.
I think I recognized some of the languages you used (English, French and a bit of a Chinese language, and Japanese), and I find it funny that I think I understand what you are saying:
You summoned a polyglot! I am learning/understand several languages, including my Spanish mother tongue. I like Galician and Japanese too!
Of course, false friends abound so I might be off the mark.
I am not new to having a handful of alts. I had a handful back in Reddit. But my journey here has been entertainingly different:
To think that when I made my lemm.ee acount, I was so against the idea of having too many alts. I now have seven!
Worse than the squircle button design?
I am not wanting vast swathes of white space between elements, but if you're giving them background colors so that you indicate where the user can click (and thus interact with the button) at least have some decency to give them some breathing room. Sure, when hovering you can add an effect such that it either changes color, brightness, or gains a glowy border or what have you, but most of the time none of those elements are hovered! You'd be seeing them all crammed together like sardines in a tube!!
Oh, and I got so riled up that I didn't even address that out of place "ExtraCare scan in store" element. Why is it even covering the "Discover" text? Was the foreground some interactive element that just popped up?
Sorry. The more I try to make sense of the UI, the more I think rounded/squircle buttons are the least of the problems there.