update: we're compiling them now, new suggestions have about 4 hours to come in before i call it and lock the thread. thank you for all of your suggestions...
A lot of good suggestions here. I miss /r/Formula1, but that’s probably too niche for Beehaw at this point. That got me thinking along the lines of “motorsports,” with would be nice and broad. A wildcard option is “livesports” where people can discuss, well, sports that are live. Live threads when watching live sports are fun.
I think this decentralization and federation is what web3 is all about, without all the corporations calling everything to do with monkey pixel art that costs a million dollars "web3"
Det ser ud til at feddit.dk er hosted hos DigitalOcean og jeg kom til at tænke på, hvor(dan) data mon bliver opbevaret. Er det i USAnien, Europa eller et helt tredje sted? https://the-federation.info/platform/73 siger Holland og et GeoIP lookup siger det samme, så der er nok noget om det, men det kunne være fedt at vide lidt...
Digital Ocean har servrar på olika platser runt om i världen man som användare kan välja mellan. Rimligtvis valde personen bakom feddit.dk den närmaste servern till Danmark som erbjuds, nämligen Amsterdam. Andra datacenter i Europa är Frankfurt och London.
we have a nice thing going here, and i'm glad that about 5,500 of you are here to share it with us. it's a new day tomorrow and i hope you'll be here for that too...
I don't disagree with your comment, but I think many long-time reddit users will say that reddit was better long before it grew to 400+ million users. A lot has been written about how online communities, when they reach a certain size, become worse. Easily-digestible (and often subpar) content get upvoted by a broader mass of subreddit users while previously appreciated and easily-found discussions get drowned out.
I think the point I'm trying to make is that Lemmy or any other reddit alternative would be better off if they didn't aim for 400+ million users. So measuring success beyond measuring the DAU. And I don't think they are. But yes, to even reach 1 million users, the signup process should be straight forward and fast, and the overall user experience smooth. I guess a slow signup process helps with scaling to ensure the latter.
When the floodgates open during the subreddit blackout, the reddit alternative that you can easily sign up for and that can handle the load might "win." Hopefully there will be more than one, because the centralized nature of reddit is obviously why we're having this problem in the first place.
I think the verification period is, in practice, not something out of the ordinary. Two examples come to mind: 1. In many (most?) larger Facebook groups, you're asked to answer questions and your application gets manually assessed by a moderator before being let in. Very similar to how it works here. 2. While you can get a new reddit account in seconds, you are blocked from many subreddits for 24> hours as an anti-spam/trolling measure and there are often karma thresholds for subreddits as well.
The first week or so with a new reddit account really sucks, but here I'm up and running without any artificial restrictions within hours of submitting my signup form.
just so this doesn't overwhelm our front page too much, i think now's a good time to start consolidating discussions. existing threads will be kept up, but unless a big update comes let's try to keep what's happening in this thread instead of across 10....
For me it's been communities like /r/buildapc, /r/buildapcforme, /r/buildapcsales, /r/gamedeals, and /r/consoledeals have been useful throughout the years.
hey folks. here's a new FAQ on the community, since the currently pinned thread is a bit haphazard and crammed now, and we've had more time to go over stuff....
I’m curious how Beehaw and other instances are protected against spam and other types of automated abuse. When someone eventually tries to flood the community with “how I made $100,000 in one week working from home: spammy-link-yall.com,” is it handled manually or are there protections in place?
Lemmy Just Reached 1 Million Posts (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1192921...
Estonia legalizes same-sex marriage (www.politico.eu)
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soliciting a new round of community suggestions
update: we're compiling them now, new suggestions have about 4 hours to come in before i call it and lock the thread. thank you for all of your suggestions...
Lemmy and Mastodon feel like the real web3.
I think this decentralization and federation is what web3 is all about, without all the corporations calling everything to do with monkey pixel art that costs a million dollars "web3"
so, which Big Tech company do you think is going to shit the bed next and popularize its Fediverse/FOSS equivalent in the process?
I'm personally crossing my fingers for Discord.
Here we go, the AMA with /u/spez is live (www.reddit.com)
Hvor(dan) er feddit.dk hosted? Danish
Det ser ud til at feddit.dk er hosted hos DigitalOcean og jeg kom til at tænke på, hvor(dan) data mon bliver opbevaret. Er det i USAnien, Europa eller et helt tredje sted? https://the-federation.info/platform/73 siger Holland og et GeoIP lookup siger det samme, så der er nok noget om det, men det kunne være fedt at vide lidt...
Fall Guys' Astro's Play Pack Free for PlayStation Plus Essential (and up) Subscribers (store.playstation.com)
goodnight, Beehaw
we have a nice thing going here, and i'm glad that about 5,500 of you are here to share it with us. it's a new day tomorrow and i hope you'll be here for that too...
Trump Is Charged in Classified Documents Inquiry | The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
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Here’s an extended look at Alan Wake 2 gameplay (Summer Game Fest) (www.theverge.com)
a megathread for developments on Reddit and with third-party Reddit apps
just so this doesn't overwhelm our front page too much, i think now's a good time to start consolidating discussions. existing threads will be kept up, but unless a big update comes let's try to keep what's happening in this thread instead of across 10....
Reddit CEO (/u/spez) is going to hold a AMA about the API update (www.reddit.com)
Red Bull handed $7m fine and wind tunnel penalty by FIA for Formula 1 cost cap breach (www.skysports.com)
What are some communities that aren't here yet that you hope to see in the future?
For me it's been communities like /r/buildapc, /r/buildapcforme, /r/buildapcsales, /r/gamedeals, and /r/consoledeals have been useful throughout the years.
welcome, new Beehaw users and lurkers. an FAQ and introduction to Beehaw
hey folks. here's a new FAQ on the community, since the currently pinned thread is a bit haphazard and crammed now, and we've had more time to go over stuff....