The creators of SponsorBlock did it again, now we can crowdsource better titles and thumbnails as well. I just tried it with LinusTechTips who is a worst offender when it comes to clickbait and its really great....
LTT makes good videos that are hidden behind obnoxious thumbnails. I hate how it's sometimes impossible to tell what a video is about because the title is so vague, but I understand why they do it. He has a company to run, he has employees to pay. He has said multiple times that he doesn't like it, but it would be a stupid to not do it because a bright colored thumbnail with a face going :O gets way more views than anything else. Clickbait haters are such a small minority that it's worth doing because 95% of people don't care
Apps are always nice, but lots of mobile websites, including the kbin one, are entirely functional as an app. In your browser you can just make a shortcut to them, and they'll appear on your home screen and act as an app....
lol I didn't realize it was dark reader I just thought that upvotes were bugged on mobile :D thanks for pointing that out, now I can actually see what I have upvoted
I'm 32, I remember using the internet before google was a thing, discovering flashy websites, hanging out on all kinds of internet forums and chatrooms, ebaums world, MySpace, new grounds... I rember when YouTube was just starting off and it was exploding with all kinds of content....
I'm much younger so I never really got to use these smaller forums, I grew up with a centralised and corporate internet where everyone used the same handful of websites. And then began the enshittification. All the sites I used started getting worse with every update so I stopped using them one by one, with the most recent one being reddit. Moving to the fediverse made me realise just how little I was actually enjoying those sites. I wasn't browsing them for content or for discussion, I was browsing them because I was addicted. Uninstalling the apps and deleting my accounts has done wonders for my mental health, and the smaller community here is so much nicer and more welcoming than the toxic ocean that is social media.
This is why I made an account on kbin instead of lemmy, kbin's UI is more polished and nicer to look at. Lemmy's jank UI makes it feel like a proof of concept instead of a finished website.
Edit: just after posting this I got a 503 server error :D it's definitely not perfect but it's still very early in development so I'll give it some slack
Heippa vaan! Oli aikakin, että saatiin tämäkin traditio tuotua tänne. Elikkä, tämä lanka on tällainen yleinen lanka näin viikonlopun kunniaksi, jossa tarkoitus on vaihtaa viikonlopun suunnitelmia ja muutenkin kuulumisia. Ne ketkä ovat Redditin puolelta tulleet niin varmaankin muistavatkin nämä....
I decided to take a peek at Reddit to see what kind of activity is happening, a good handful of the subreddits I am subscribed to are still super active with posts and commenters....
True, browsing here has made me realize just how toxic and low quality reddit threads were. The users here feel a lot more mature and disagreements can lead to discussions, while on reddit some 12 year old would just reply with "L take" and downvote you :D
heroin rule
heroin
face reveal ⁉️
the vehicle
:((
DeArrow - A Browser Extension that removes clickbait titles and thumbnails (dearrow.ajay.app)
The creators of SponsorBlock did it again, now we can crowdsource better titles and thumbnails as well. I just tried it with LinusTechTips who is a worst offender when it comes to clickbait and its really great....
beverage
absurd
gleeby deeby
a crude mockery
OC While you're waiting on a kbin app, you should know the mobile site is entirely functional as a mobile app. Just make a shortcut for your home screen
Apps are always nice, but lots of mobile websites, including the kbin one, are entirely functional as an app. In your browser you can just make a shortcut to them, and they'll appear on your home screen and act as an app....
give me money
frfr
bug
powder
minä irl
castle rule
Favourite game music?
Ok continuing on from my last thread, he's a different question....
How do we call kbin users?
Kbinners? Binnies? Kbinators?
The internet is great again, thanks to all of you 🙂
I'm 32, I remember using the internet before google was a thing, discovering flashy websites, hanging out on all kinds of internet forums and chatrooms, ebaums world, MySpace, new grounds... I rember when YouTube was just starting off and it was exploding with all kinds of content....
Which Lemmy instance will be the biggest in 6 months? Polish
Refer to title.
Sopulin kesäviikonloppulanka - 16.6. - 18.6. Finnish
Heippa vaan! Oli aikakin, että saatiin tämäkin traditio tuotua tänne. Elikkä, tämä lanka on tällainen yleinen lanka näin viikonlopun kunniaksi, jossa tarkoitus on vaihtaa viikonlopun suunnitelmia ja muutenkin kuulumisia. Ne ketkä ovat Redditin puolelta tulleet niin varmaankin muistavatkin nämä....
littering rule
Took a peek on Reddit, it really boggles my mind how oblivious and obedient people are.
I decided to take a peek at Reddit to see what kind of activity is happening, a good handful of the subreddits I am subscribed to are still super active with posts and commenters....