I had no idea of the size and variety of the Fediverse! It has me feeling a bit overwhelmed. I'm enjoying BookWyrm very much; it's the GoodReads/LibraryThing replacement I've been looking for for years....
Well, it is a new project, so it probably needs some optimization. As far as visual clutter goes though, I think Mastodon's quad column layout is much worse about that.
The project is only like a month or two old, though it is a fork of a more well-established Fediverse platform (MissKey), so it's still building up awareness of its existence.
The server list says that instance has 71 users, so that would probably be why. Posts only show up on an instance if something requests them (users following an account, searching a permalink, subscribing to a community, etc). There are solutions to this problem, such as relays in which servers agree to funnel a bunch of posts to each other periodically to share content. You should ask your instance admin if they have one set up, or if they'd be willing to if not. Otherwise, you should make an account on a larger instance, as those tend to be better federated.
Following users does help increase federation, yeah. Another solution is creating a dummy account that follows a bunch of users in order to pull in their posts.
Yes, there's nothing stopping someone from creating bot accounts on Lemmy and pretty much every other Fediverse platform. Even if APIs are restricted, they can just parse HTML instead (though that's a bigger pain in the ass). This is an area where the decentralized nature of the Fediverse works in our favor, though, as it inherently limits reach and discoverability (thus minimizing the benefits of doing this). For example, Mastodon's flagship instance (mastodon.social) had a spambot problem not too long ago, so what happened is when other instances noticed this spam wave, they limited/defederated with mastodon.social and the problem was solved on their end. The host instance can temporarily close off sign-ups to prevent new accounts from being made. Every other instance can control federation to effectively quarantine the spam problem.
Instead of taxing the wealthiest, states fund important services through encouraging gambling habits. And instead of meaningful expectations for a better life, many people just have lotto tickets.
The Conquest of Bread — Peter Kropotkin (1892): the ideas hold up, but the examples are quite dated.
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution — Peter Kropotkin (1891): was very influential over modern sociology, but of course newer research on this subject exists.
Narendra Modi’s Electoral Bandwagon Went Off the Road in Karnataka (jacobin.com)
1,400 Pennsylvania Locomotive Manufacturing Workers Are on the Verge of a Strike (jacobin.com)
Other Fediverse projects (en.wikipedia.org)
I had no idea of the size and variety of the Fediverse! It has me feeling a bit overwhelmed. I'm enjoying BookWyrm very much; it's the GoodReads/LibraryThing replacement I've been looking for for years....
Six Weeks In, Stock Dwindles at Struck Ohio Battery Plant (labornotes.org)
Cornel West Should Challenge Biden in the Democratic Primaries (jacobin.com)
Algorithm Used in Jordanian World Bank Aid Program Stiffs the Poorest (theintercept.com)
Megathread for Reddit Blackouts and News - Day 3
hey everyone. if you want to post links or discuss the Reddit blackout today, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy! Thanks!
‘These Bills Will Make Children Less Safe, Not More Safe’ (fair.org)
We Must Banish “Bootstraps” Mythology From American Life (www.currentaffairs.org)
How the Lottery Became a Substitute for Actual Hope (www.currentaffairs.org)
Instead of taxing the wealthiest, states fund important services through encouraging gambling habits. And instead of meaningful expectations for a better life, many people just have lotto tickets.
Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts (www.theverge.com)
The Right Has Been Pushing “Free-Market” Propaganda in US Public Schools for Over a Century (jacobin.com)
An Open Marxist Just Became the Head of Austria’s Social Democratic Party (jacobin.com)
Human-caused warming to surpass Paris Agreement limit by 2037, analysis finds (www.thenewlede.org)
For Media, Giving in to Debt Limit Blackmail Was a Triumph of Bipartisanship (fair.org)
We Now Know the Full Extent of Obama’s Disastrous Apathy Toward The Climate Crisis (www.currentaffairs.org)
Barack Obama’s official oral history contains new evidence of his indifference and foot-dragging on the most important issue of our time.
Slashdot -> Fark -> Digg -> Reddit -> Lemmy
It's been a long journey, but here we arrive. Welcome home.
The Anarchist Library (theanarchistlibrary.org)
This isn't any article in particular, but rather a fantastic resource for anyone who wants to research leftist theory, or improve their praxis....