That's going to jump again when Apollo quits working on Reddit, if they don't back down on this API thing. It's going to be an exodus, probably break the internet (so to speak).
Thing is people that use Apollo and other 3rd party Reddit apps really love their interface. Personally I do everything on a laptop/desktop so I'm not familiar with those apps. I don't do much on the phone other than text/voice. Though I have tried to access Reddit through Chrome mobile and it's pretty much unusable. Their in-house app is not much better from what I understand.
Since Reddit's API pricing is going to wholly drive away 3rd party apps, I think it's going to come down to Lemmy's apps versus the Reddit in-house app. From what I understand the bar is pretty low so Lemmy just needs something that works decent.
Dunno if am on the wrong instance or what ever (freemedia or something) but there's very little content to scroll through. Do I need to ditch this and start again or is this pretty much standard?
I'm new here and I'm finding plenty of content. As mentioned you should subscribe to communities to get stuff coming in. Start at your instance's home page by selecting the instance link top left of the screen.
Most instances default to "local" which is typically limited in content. Under your personal settings you can set the default mode. Set it to subscribed once you've joined a good number of communities and you'll see plenty when you open your instance. You can set it to "all", but you'll get a lot of stuff where you may have no interest.
Also instances can block other instances (defederate them). At the bottom of any page you'll see an "Instances" link. Opening that you can see what instances are blocked. If there's a lot of them I'd find a better instance. The one I'm using has zero blocked instances. Since you can block any community yourself there's no need for someone to make that decision for you.
Apologies if this is a basic question, but I am curious to know what I am missing out on by not having access to private torrents? I have been able to find everything I wanted using public ones.
You mean private trackers, yeah? The advantage is obviously they are not open to the public, which means copyright trolls need an account on the tracker to view the IP address of torrent participants. Secondly users are vetted for quality so the torrents on them are well seeded and trusted.
The advantage of a private tracker is also its disadvantage. You need to get through the vetting process. An invite and history are required to join which can be kind of a chicken and egg thing. It all takes some effort and facility.
If you don't have your own full time torrent server with high upload bandwidth, it's going to be difficult to get the seed ratios you need. Best thing there is to contract a seedbox. Even so you have to put the effort into working your way up to the ladder by getting a history of tracker accounts.
I was wondering what motivated Spez to make such a self-destructive move, he has to run the company further into the black to get his IPO. Evidently he's willing to sacrifice a body part to do it.
Anyway I think the profitability of social media has hit a precipice, it's as good as it's going to get. It's like the brain has not yet registered the arm's been cut off.
As a person who's rather left on corporate America anyway, I'm glad I'm here and not there. It's sort of hypocritical of me to participate in corporate driven media and I'm glad I'm not doing it anymore.
The advantage I see with the Lemmy approach over Discord is comment longevity. At Discord your comment has little time before it falls off the radar. It's longer with Twitter, but still short. At Lemmy you get a reasonable trade-off for comment longevity and convenience. On a phpBB style forum comment longevity can be quite long, but you have to go to a dedicated site with it's own address which lacks convenience.
For sure, before these modern forums took over the scene, dedicated forums like phpBB were all I used. Though there is definitely something to like Lemmy and the fediverse. Just super convenient. You can talk about everything in one place. The longer exposure of comments with the old style was nice, but I can trade that off willingly enough.
As far as dedicated official forums, I don't know. Think I'd still rather have access to them here. The Fediverse just makes a lot of sense serving as a centralized communications hub. Kind of reminds of Usenet back in the early internet days, but a lot better. Usenet could be pretty kludgey.
I'm new to the fediverse, and so far, I have been seeing some situations from lemmy instances rejecting users to defederating from others, but I ask myself: what can be done if trolls or bots come from self-hosted single-user instances?
I could see that happening, exploitation by self-hosted bad guys. Is there any type of moderation within the federation framework to avoid that kind of thing?
Right now I think the federation is small and new enough to avoid that kind of exposure, but I'd be surprised it did not become a threat as the federation network becomes larger and more well known.
On Lemmy they call them communities, same for other Fediverse software like Kbin and Mastadon. I like Lemmy because it's most "Reddit like", but Mastadon is more mature and slicker. It resembles Twitter more.
It's the move of the piracy sub from Reddit that pushed me over to Lemmy. I'm really glad it gave me the push to do it. Had Lemmy bookmarked for a long time, but never motivated on it.
I have interest in other communities as well. There's a pretty healthy set on the Fediverse. Here's a site that's helpful in finding them on Lemmy; https://lemmyverse.net
I'm still working on adding communites and getting used to the interface so I don't have any suggestions, but it doesn't seem there's a lack of active content there.
I'm new to Lemmy and just discovered this myself. When looking at subscriber numbers in the community list it only applies to your local instance.
Though post counts and reply counts seem to be federation wide so if you're looking for active communities, that would be an indicator. Unfortunately there are no sort or filter functions on the list. That's a glaring interface omission in my mind.
As mentioned you can use lemmyverse.net to filter and sort, but it would be preferable to do that from within the community list inside Lemmy.
I've had a great time here. The people on the various communities I've joined are very nice and actually constructive! I haven't encountered any rude or sarcastic responses or one word answers....
Yup, migrating from Reddit here. Biggest problem for me is finding a good instance. First one I tried was not in my region, poor connectivity. Then I started trying ones in my region (USA) after looking at the list sortable by country here; https://the-federation.info/platform/73
Next one I tried was beehaw.org. That one turned out to be heavily defederated which means it blocks a lot of outside instances. That's really bad. I can block any instance I want in my profile so why do I need someone else to tell me what I can and cannot access.
I did pretty well with lemmy.one, performance was good, but was not particularly impressed by the administration, some disabled features and a few blocked instances. Now I'm trying lemm.ee and we'll see how that goes, so far so good.
The next big hurdle is finding communities. There's no sort or filter function when you list them all in a search. So it can be hard to zero in on what you're looking for. There are some 3rd party sites like lemmyverse.net to help in the search for communities, but it would be a lot better if that was not necessary.
You can tell Lemmy is immature in terms of development, rough around the edges. It lacks quality of life features and has some glaring bugs. Still its not anything that makes it unusable, but the user experience could be better at this point. I'm sure it will get there as the software matures.
The huge thing that makes Lemmy superior (and the Fediverse in general) is that it's community driven by FOSS making it free of corporate influence. That's just a huge advantage, can't overstate that too much. Inevitably what happens with corporate driven communities is they prioritize monetization over community interests. That happened with Reddit in a big way as evidenced by the recent strike.
There's actually a safety factor there. When Li-Ion (lithium-ion) batteries fail and suffer thermal runaway (fire), it's most commonly during charging. It's rare, but it does still happen. The rule is to avoid charging Li-Ion powered devices unattended. I do that at times myself, but I realize the risk and actually put things in a "charging pot" if unattended.
You don't need anything fancy to use as a charging pot, a ceramic casserole dish will do. If you're going to charge while asleep or out of the house it's not a bad idea to use some kind of containment.
Yes, that's correct but with some extra consideration. There's two kinds of wear for Li-Ion batteries, shelf life and cycle life. To maximize shelf life you want to store at 40% to %50% charge in a cool environment. To maximize cycle life you want to avoid charging and discharging fully.
There's two curves where cycle life and shelf life cross for maximum longevity. For example if you shut off your Li-Ion powered device or remove the battery for long periods, shelf life becomes more significant. Storing at 40% charge in a cool environment will maximize battery life. If you discharge frequently, then keeping the charge cycle shallow will maximize longevity since that's going to be most significant.
Honestly it's complicated to deal with and squeezing all the life you can out of a battery is typically not worth the trouble. Though it's definitely nice when chargers give you options, most don't.
In general Li-Ion batteries are highly desirable for their top tier energy density and that's why they're so ubiquitous, but the wear and safety considerations are big disadvantages. The holy grail of battery technology is to eliminate those issues.
Don't be scared, it's actually a pretty rare occurrence. Just be aware it can happen. Same thing with driving, accidents are rare, but wear your seatbelt.
bit boring to browse
Dunno if am on the wrong instance or what ever (freemedia or something) but there's very little content to scroll through. Do I need to ditch this and start again or is this pretty much standard?
What is the benefit to joining private torrents?
Apologies if this is a basic question, but I am curious to know what I am missing out on by not having access to private torrents? I have been able to find everything I wanted using public ones.
Elon Musk's Twitter moves were 'reaffirming' says Reddit boss amid API changes (www.theregister.com)
Jellyfin, we are moving away from Reddit and we are pleased to announce our new forum! (jellyfin.org)
official twitter announcement https://twitter.com/jellyfin/status/1670589982665322496
What's the approach to dealing with self-hosted trolls?
I'm new to the fediverse, and so far, I have been seeing some situations from lemmy instances rejecting users to defederating from others, but I ask myself: what can be done if trolls or bots come from self-hosted single-user instances?
Question about subscriber count display
So I just searched for an alternative to r/SteamDeck and used the "all" comunity search from lemm.ee...
Calling all refugees! *Reddugees?* What has your experience been since migrating from Reddit to Lemmy?
I've had a great time here. The people on the various communities I've joined are very nice and actually constructive! I haven't encountered any rude or sarcastic responses or one word answers....
People who don't charge their phone at night... Why?
My wife's phone dies every. single. day. and I don't know why she doesn't just charge it at night....