Overview - decadentrebel

How exactly did Reddit become a top website and what does Lemmy need to do to eventually get there?

Did Reddit get massive because of Digg users making a beeline towards them or were they already big before that?

Welcome r/PH refugees! (lemmy.world)

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Georgia Guidestones - Huge granite stones inscribed with words of advice that the author intended to “guide humanity forward”, destroyed in 2022 (en.wikipedia.org)

Introducing the official phlemmy mascot! Please name him! (i.imgur.com)

Post your suggestion/s here and upvote the ones you like....

Daily random discussion - Jun 13, 2023

We're 24 hours into the Reddit blackout....

My Lai massacre - War crime committed by US Army personnel involving the mass murder of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, mostly women and children (en.wikipedia.org)

NBA social media employee posts rant using official account (lemmy.world)

Already deleted, but this is the exact quote:...

John Allen Chau - American missionary who prepared for his meeting with the Sentinelese by training in a mock village populated by staff pretending to be hostile natives wielding fake spears (en.wikipedia.org)

Chaos, Comedy, and 'Crying Rooms': Inside Jimmy Fallon's 'Tonight Show' (www.rollingstone.com)

Taylor Mitchell - Canadian country folk singer and songwriter who died at the age of 19 of injuries and blood loss after two eastern coyotes mauled her (en.wikipedia.org)

Gay bomb - Speculative non-lethal chemical weapon by the USAF that could be dropped on enemy troops to cause "homosexual behaviour" (en.wikipedia.org)

Zoo Denies Viral Claims Its Bears Are ‘Humans in Disguise’ (www.thedailybeast.com)

A zoo in China has denied allegations that its bears are actually humans wearing elaborate costumes after images of the animals standing up on two legs went viral online. The Hangzhou Zoo in eastern China explained on its social media account on Monday that sun bears from Malaysia are smaller and look different to other ursine...

Pilot dies after plane crashes during gender reveal party in Mexico (edition.cnn.com)

Alan Francisco Rangel of the Sinaloa Red Cross told CNN that paramedics treated the pilot at the crash site in San Pedro, Navolato and then took him to a local hospital, where he died.

Solifugae - aka. Camel spiders became an Internet sensation during the Iraq war of 2003, when rumors of their bloodthirsty nature began to circulate online (en.wikipedia.org)

Marcos sets August 8 to 14 every year as Philippine Space Week (www.gmanetwork.com)

Woj: Michael Jordan is finalizing sale of the Charlotte Hornets, ending his 13-year run as majority owner (twitter.com)

Michael Jordan is finalizing a sale of the Charlotte Hornets to a group led by Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall, ending his 13-year run as majority owner, league sources told ESPN on Friday.

Daily random discussion - Jun 12, 2023

Happy Independence Day!...

Polanski Petition - Over 160 film directors, actors, screenwriters, and producers signed a petition urging Roman Polanski's release for sexual abuse arrest (en.wikipedia.org)

Related link: Hollywood Celebrities who signed the Polanski Petition

Drop your favorite childhood snack/baon (lemmy.world)

I was going to say Crackette's, but I can't find a photo of it. So I'm going with my runner-up pick: Pretzels.

Byron Looper - Obsessed with his political career, he legally changed his middle name to "(Low Tax)" and murdered his election opponent (en.wikipedia.org)

Adult film star Moriah Mills says she is dropping her sex tapes with Zion Williamson and demands Pelicans to trade him now (twitter.com)

Sync for Lemmy is happening (lemmy.world)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36405939...

Man who drew gun on unarmed cyclist blasts social media (www.rappler.com)

Speaking before reporters on Sunday, August 27, the man identified as Willy Gonzales aired his side after the video of him went viral, insisting that there was more to the story than what was caught on camera. Gonzales, however, did not discuss the details during the 10-minute press conference organized by the Quezon City Police...

Peter Scully - Dubbed the "World's Worst Pedophile" for peddling videos of himself torturing and sexually abusing young girls on his dark web site "No Limits Fun" (en.wikipedia.org)