these two instances' open registration policy, which is extremely problematic for us given how federation works and how trivial it makes trolling, harassment, and other undesirable behavior;
Doesn't this just lead you down a path of simply defederating most instances? It sounds like you just don't actually want to participate in the larger federated community. Which is admittedly fine if that's the direction you want to take this... but it certainly seems like a first step towards just running a closed-off site with none of the actual benefits of being part of the fediverse.
Just seems like a method of dealing with the problem that's mostly antithetical to the inherent connectivity of the platform it's built on. I get that not every instance wants to be a big open social media experience, but when the lemmy website showed you guys on the top of the "suggested instances" list right at the peak of the exodus from Reddit, it certainly feels like a bit of a rug pull when there's such heavy-handed / sweeping admin action with pretty annoying consequences like this. In the end it's your site, and it seems more like this is a response you your lack of ability to respond adequately with the current moderation tools, so I do respect the core issue at play. Still, feels like moving somewhere else is just the more future-proof option here, since this is certainly a red flag for me personally.
With the advances in gaming on Linux in recent years, it is so tempting to switch full time. I would absolutely love to, but I am a Game Pass Ultimate subscriber and it is where I play a lot of my games on PC. I know you can use the cloud version, but I cannot stomach streaming games in their current state, so it is a no go. A...
If you do dual boot though, it's important to keep Windows on it's own hardware if you use grub. Windows tends to cannibalize the boot manager partition during updates.
it's very much borrowed from one of the reddit subs i frequent(ed) often, but the idea is to share what we're playing weekly and hopefully create discussions around those games (or simply have a sort of "check-in").
After the nightmare that was D3's real money auction house debacle, and the overall trend of Blizzard with OW2... I'll probably be waiting a bit to see how brutal the monetization is in a full priced game.
If it's purely cosmetics then that's annoying but bearable. But, if it's going to charge me $70 and shove reminders about a battlepass in my face every 5 minutes, or have awful loot drops to encourage spending real money again (see Diablo 3....), then I might have to pass.
the big stickied thread is getting cluttered with lots of new people and the "how was your week" thread isn't a great fit for introductions, so it seems about time to make this a dedicated thread of its own so peoples' posts aren't getting lost....
Mostly a lurker on every social media I'm on, and despite using both Reddit and Twitter for over a decade now I still only rarely comment on stuff that I feel like I can actually offer a decent or unique take on. Most of my actual posts are for support in communities about niche tech stuff that I use, so not exactly a big conversation starter.
Overall I'm a very casual gamer, work in cyber security, and am always looking to meet new and interesting people & communities.
Thankfully the Revanced patcher can remove the ads and banners from the official Reddit app, but it's still an overall laggy, buggy, and awful experience.
ANNOUNCEMENT: defederating effective immediately from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works
hey folks, we'll be quick and to the point with this one:...
what was the last game you beat?
Curious what yall are playing and if im the only one who can't complete games :p
Usernames are Evolving - Revolt (revolt.chat)
Why is porn not allowed on this site
Excuse my ignorance im just curious.
Close to switching to a Linux distro full time.
With the advances in gaming on Linux in recent years, it is so tempting to switch full time. I would absolutely love to, but I am a Game Pass Ultimate subscriber and it is where I play a lot of my games on PC. I know you can use the cloud version, but I cannot stomach streaming games in their current state, so it is a no go. A...
what are you playing this week?
it's very much borrowed from one of the reddit subs i frequent(ed) often, but the idea is to share what we're playing weekly and hopefully create discussions around those games (or simply have a sort of "check-in").
Anyone here getting Diablo 4?
If so what class do you plan on playing? I'm probably either going to go Necro or Rogue. I'm leaning more towrds Necro though.
a more formal beehaw introduction thread
the big stickied thread is getting cluttered with lots of new people and the "how was your week" thread isn't a great fit for introductions, so it seems about time to make this a dedicated thread of its own so peoples' posts aren't getting lost....
Do you use reddit mostly through the app or web?
Because I only use web, on mobile and desktop. I can't live without adblock.