Squorlple

Squorlple, 10 months ago

Thanks!

Squorlple, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

I’m one of the many who have had trouble logging in, and this issue is surely underreported as those affected generally aren’t able to report it. It also seems like I’m not able to upvote or downvote. I’ll update with any more issues that I come across but I only just now became able to log-in after a long wait and several different browsers.

Edit: it seems like I can successfully upvote/downvote, but the updated vote count and my blue/red arrow only show after refreshing the page. Thanks for all the work you put into this instance btw

Edit 2: All problems seem to have resolved now

Squorlple, 10 months ago

Thanks for helping me find a new bug! The notification icon also doesn’t update unless the page is refreshed.

Squorlple, 10 months ago

It’s a repost spam bot. Repost spam bots dominating the top page was a common sight even before recent events. It’s not AI, since its post title was just a copy of this comment on the same post content. You can also see in the screenshot in this link that the tweet wasn’t 2 years ago, but rather 5 months ago. None of the top few comments on the post that you’re talking about seem like bots to me. The forums which are the most alike echo chambers are also the ones which most talk “like [an old] topic is the focus of today’s or any recent time’s 24 hour news cycle”.

As a side note, due to Reddit’s new API changes as well as Reddit suspending my account for reporting a spam as a spam bot, I’ve decided to join the War on Bots on the side of the bots. My only engagement on Reddit since the suspension was lifted has been to upvote spam bots to drive home the consequences of their API changes and further depreciate Reddit’s content to make it worse for investors and advertisers and to drive users elsewhere.

Squorlple, 10 months ago

Occam’s razor: the employees’ point of contention with the show was a specific performer, and not necessarily that it was a drag show.

Via the CNBC article referenced in the above article:

“Their provocative and inflammatory artistry is considered a direct affront to the religion beliefs and sensitivities of Christians,” the petition stated, referring to the drag performer [named Peaches Christ].” Emphasis and brackets are mine.

Don’t fall for the rage bait and the burying of the lede.

Squorlple, 10 months ago

Higher power prices? They usually just call that tithing

Squorlple, 10 months ago

It’s not entirely clear if you’re mocking conservati-vermin or aligning yourself with them

Squorlple, 11 months ago

Although I am opposed to offbrand and custom bricks, it may help to jumpstart the community’s growth if we begin by allowing them for the time being. There is not currently a rule in this community that addresses offbrands. I think for legal reasons r/Lego did have to specify in their description that they are not affiliated with Lego™️ the company, so this community’s mod(s) may want to add that.

Squorlple, 11 months ago

To me, especially when it comes to MOCs, it’s like an art form to work within the limitations of what the branded medium provides, or with digital MOCs, what the branded medium could hypothetically provide. Using offbrand or custom pieces to embellish a LEGO structure feel like “cheating” in a way to me, both in the artistic aspect and the engineering aspect. I’m fine if people want to make communities for Megablox for example, or communities for any or all building blocks brands (excepting ones which support plagiarists like Lepin), but a forum for a branded item/medium should be almost entirely built with brand. There’s also what’s called a generic trademark, wherein a mainstay brand’s name becomes a common term for a type of product (ex. “Kleenex” in lieu of “tissue”), that I’d want to avoid since it makes it harder for clear communication among hobbyists and worse for the brand (and in this one case, I generally do like the brand).

Squorlple, 11 months ago

opposed to offbrand bricks being discussed in the Lego community

Yes, except if it’s in reference to LEGO™️ content (ex. “LEGO should make a piece like this Megablox piece”, or “LEGO‘s print quality is so much better than [offbrand competitor]”)

Not just like opposed in general

I’m opposed in general in the sense that I don’t buy them but if someone wants to buy Megablox or another legitimate competitor, I’m fine with that. Like you, I am opposed in general to plagiarist brands.